Oral history interview with Robert L. Heitman 1975

 

Name
Heitman, Robert L (Interviewee)
Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Robert L. Heitman 1975
Abstract
Industrial engineering degree; work for General Electric; move to Continental Can; line efficiency studies, budgetary control systems, optimal plant size; arguments about setting plant standards; emergence of satellite plant concept; value of a plant's informal organization; use of incentives in industrial engineering; regional organization of industrial engineering staff; personnel review, apprais als in Continental Can; reorganizing, managing aircraft plant; defence operations; general manager of manufacturing; quality and product improvement programs; modular vs. conoplant lines; division vs area organization; commodity trading, assets purchasing; pollution control; quality control; changing character of (cont.) Continental Can.
Collection Name
Continental Group project
Subjects
Executives; Industrial engineering; Personnel management; Container industry; Quality control; Heitman, Robert L; Continental Can Company
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1975
Note (Biographical)
Vice president and general manager.
Note
Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on March 20, 1975.
Note (Provenance)
Robert L. Heitman, Gift 1975
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13540079
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2p27-w268
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.