IE 1002 Chapter : IE CHAPTER 4 Study Guide
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Recorded ideas on managing industry by scientific methods, but did not apply them. Credited with the first to develop the forerunner of the modern computer. Author of on the economy of machinery and manufactures. Included ideas on division of labor, organization chars, and labor relations: divided work into elements and paying less for less important tasks, more machines = more jobs in the long run. Became partners in 1796 in an engineering foundry in gb which manufactured steam engines patented by james watt, sr. Greatest shortcoming of these two men was the fact that they did not write down their accomplishments except with letters to their partners that were recently discovered. He was engineer, consultant, and friend of taylor and the gilbreths. He developed the gantt chart, which was the industry"s main method of visually planning interrelated jobs at this time.
