According to Gantt, the role of a manager is to ________.
A) divide specialized work among individuals and groups
B) make it in employees' interests to accomplish tasks
C) choose the management tactics best suited to particular situations
D) convince workmen to do work which they have no desire to do
E) use mathematical models to investigate the decision situation

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Gantt believed that a manager's job was to motivate and incentivize employees to achieve their goals, making it in their interests to complete tasks. This was reflected in his development of the Gantt chart which tied worker incentives to task completion. Dividing specialized work, choosing management tactics, and using mathematical models are also important roles, but they are not the primary role as identified by Gantt. Convincing workers to do work they have no desire to do is not a productive or effective management tactic.

According to Gantt, the Role of a Manager Is to ________