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Henry Laurence Gantt Medal
The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in honour of Henry Laurence Gantt.Henry Laurence Gantt Medal at asme.org. Accessed 08-05-2017 By the year 1984 in total 45 medals had been awarded. Award winners ;20th-century winners, a selection: * 1929: (posthumously)Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), ''Encyclopedia of professional management .'' p. 456 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Laurence Gantt
Henry Laurence Gantt (; May 20, 1861 – November 23, 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s. Gantt charts were employed on major infrastructure projects including the Hoover Dam and Interstate highway system and continue to be an important tool in project management and program management. Biography Early life, education and family Gantt was born to a plantation family in Calvert County, Maryland at the outbreak of the American Civil War. When the war ended the family lost their slaves and land, and moved to Baltimore. He graduated from McDonogh School in 1878 and from Johns Hopkins University in 1880, and then returned to the McDonogh School to teach for three years. He subsequently received a Masters of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Henry Gantt married Mary E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Management Association
The American Management Association (AMA) is an American non-profit educational membership organization for the promotion of management, based in New York City. Besides its headquarters there, it has local head offices throughout the world. It offers its members a wide range of training programs, seminars, conferences, studies, and publications, which cover topics as diverse as industrial or commercial management, communication, finance and accounting, human resources management, leadership, international management, marketing and sales. As a corporate training and consulting group, it provides a variety of educational and management development services to businesses, government agencies, and individuals. History Origins The origins of the American Management Association dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, when the training of industrial workers became a concern for large American companies. In 1913, 35 of the most important professional schools, led by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Alvin may refer to: Places Canada * Alvin, British Columbia United States * Alvin, Colorado * Alvin, Georgia * Alvin, Illinois * Alvin, Michigan * Alvin, Texas *Alvin, Wisconsin, a town * Alvin (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Other uses * Alvin (given name) * Alvin (crater), a crater on Mars * Alvin (digital cultural heritage platform), a Swedish platform for digitised cultural heritage * Alvin (horse), a Canadian Standardbred racehorse * 13677 Alvin, an asteroid * DSV ''Alvin'', a deep-submergence vehicle * Alvin, a fictional planet on ''ALF'' (TV series) * Alvin Seville, of the fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks * "Alvin", by James from the album '' Girl at the End of the World'' * Tropical Storm Alvin See also * Alvin Community College * Alvin High School Alvin High School is a public high school located in the city of Alvin, Texas, United States and classified as a 6A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management". Drucker's books and articles, both scholarly and popular, explored how humans are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society.Why Drucker Now? , Drucker Institute. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. His writings have predicted many of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Redwood Deupree
Richard Redwood (Red) Deupree (May 7, 1885 - March 14, 1974) was an American businessman, president of Procter & Gamble and chairman of its board. He was the first Procter & Gamble president, who was not a Procter or Gamble family member, and was recipient of the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1959. Life and work Deupree was born in 1885 in Norwood, Nelson County, Virginia to Richard Overton Deupree and Susan Elizabeth "Bettie" (Redwood) Deupree. His father descended from the Frenchman Thomas Du Pre, who in the early 1700s had settled in Virginia. After a public school in Covington, Kentucky, Deupree started his career in industry as clerk at the South Covington Cincinnati Street Railway Company in 1901 at the age of 16. In 1905 he started his lifelong career at Procter & Gamble, where he was its president from 1930 to 1948, and its chairman of the board from 1948 to 1959.''World Who's who in Commerce and Industry.'' Vol. 14, 1965. p. 332 In 1959 the American Management Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold F
Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film '' Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the 1980s. He also composed the " ''Top Gun'' Anthem" for the feature film '' Top Gun'' and the music for the Chevy Chase '' Fletch'' feature films, '' Fletch'' and '' Fletch Lives''. The ''Beverly Hills Cop'' and ''Top Gun'' projects earned him two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' soundtrack; and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for "''Top Gun'' Anthem" from the ''Top Gun'' soundtrack. As a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with numerous international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henning Webb Prentis Jr
Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany). Henning may also refer to: People with Henning as a surname * A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863–1947), lawyer and politician in Western Australia * Anne Henning, American speed skater * Cameron Henning, Olympic medal-winning Canadian swimmer * Dieter Henning (1936–2007), German engineer * Dan Henning, American former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons * Doug Henning, Canadian magician and illusionist * Eva Henning, Swedish actress * Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer * Harold Henning, South African professional golfer * Holger Henning, Swedish Navy vice admiral * John F. Henning, U.S. statesman * Klaus Henning, German Judo athlete * Linda Kaye Henning, American TV actress * Lorne Henning, Canadian ice-hockey executive * Megan Henning, American actress * Paul Henning, American TV producer and writer best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walker Lee Cisler
Walker Lee Cisler (October 8, 1897 – October 18, 1994) was a noted American engineer, business executive, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering. Early life Walker Lee Cisler was born on October 8, 1897, in Marietta, Ohio. Cisler received a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1922. He was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year. Career Cisler held a variety of positions at the Public Service Electric and Gas Company in New Jersey, before being named in 1941 as chief of the Equipment Production Branch at the U.S. War Production Board. In mid-1943 he became chief engineer of power plants for Detroit Edison. In 1944, he was granted leave of absence after being appointed as chief of public utilities for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force by General Dwight Eisenhower with responsibility for rebuilding electrical power plants in Europe. In this role, he served in Sicily, visited Russia, and in August 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Francis
Clarence Francis (December 1, 1888 - December 22, 1985) was a business executive and internationally recognized expert on food. Early life He was born in Staten Island in 1888. Upon graduating from Amherst College in 1910 he went to New York City intending to apply for work at Standard Oil. By mistake, Francis went to the wrong office and soon found himself working for the Corn Products Refining Company, a small food manufacturing firm. This inauspicious beginning led to a lifelong interest in the food industry. By the time Francis retired from the General Foods Corporation in 1954 he had risen to become Chairman of the Board of Directors. After absorbing an initial $17 million loss in the frozen foods sector, Francis was able to turn a profit for General Foods in this very important market. Career After working for Corn Products and Ralston Purina, Francis joined the Postum Company (later General Foods) in 1924. He became executive vice president in 1931, president in 1935,and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgen Witzel
Morgen Witzel (born 1960) is a Canadian historian, business theorist, consultant, lecturer and author of management books, especially known from his work on "Doing business in China" and on "Managing in virtual organizations".Fineman, Stephen, Yiannis Gabriel, and David Sims. ''Organizing & organizations''. Sage Publications, 2009. Biography Witzel grew up in Salmon Arm in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and received his BA in History in 1982 and his MA in Renaissance History in 1984 both from the University of Victoria.Morgen Witzel biography at ''morgenwitzel.com'', 2013 Witzel had started as journalist at a Weekly newspaper in . After graduation, he started as independent researcher and writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Henry Neely
Frank Henry Neely (January 19, 1884 – May 24, 1979)Frank Henry Neely Papers - Georgia Tech Library at ''library.gatech.edu.'' Accessed 05-07-2017. was an American , , and President of in Atlanta. He is known for his civic activities in Atlanta, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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