Ocupation: Mechanical Engineer
Life: May 20, 1861 - November 23, 1919
Birthday: May 20
Death: November 23
The greatest problem before engineers and managers today is the economical utilization of labor . The limiting of output by the workman, and the limiting by the employer of the amount a workman is allowed to earn, are both factors which militate against that harmonious co-operation of employer and employee which is essential to their highest common good.
source: Henry Laurence Gantt (1961). “Gantt on Management: Guidelines for Today's Executive”
topic: Essentials, Today, Common, Output, Utilization