Gantt Chart and Task-and-Bonus System
- Theory / Concept Name
- Gantt Chart and Task-and-Bonus System
- Description
Henry Gantt — Gantt Chart & Task-and-Bonus System
Henry Gantt (a colleague of Taylor) developed two enduring contributions:
Gantt Chart (c. 1910)
A bar chart that displays a project schedule, showing:
- Tasks on the vertical axis.
- Time on the horizontal axis.
- Bars representing the start, duration, and end of each task.
Still one of the most widely used project-management tools today.
Task-and-Bonus System
- Workers who complete the daily task within the standard time receive a bonus on top of their day wage.
- Workers who do not complete the task still receive their day wage (unlike Taylor's punitive differential rate).
- Supervisors also received bonuses when all workers under them met targets, aligning managerial incentives.
Significance
Humanised incentive pay; the Gantt chart became the foundation of modern project scheduling.
- Theorist / Pioneer
- Henry Gantt
- Year
- 1910
- Category
- Classical