PUBLICATIONS
OF
HARVEY GITTLER
- Weekly Opinion Column; ELYRIA CHRONICLE TELEGRAM; Beginning October 19,
1998.
- A Mother’s Name; Letter; NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE; February 23, 1997.
- Gifts for All; INDUSTRY WEEK; December 4, 1995.
- Futile Gesture; INDUSTRY WEEK; October 2, 1995.
- There’s Poetry In Our Work; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 4, 1995.
- What Price Company Loyalty?; R&D INNOVATOR; September, 1995.
- If I Ever See Jack Again, It’ll Be Too Soon; or, A Tale of Four Tragedies;
R&D INNOVATOR; July, 1995.
- Why Not Hire Someone Who Is Overqualified?; R&D INNOVATOR; May, 1995.
- Remembering OCOPE’s Beginning; THE OBSERVER (Oberlin College); May,
1995.
- A Tale of Two Men; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 17, 1995.
- Jesus, CEO?; Letter; Written by Harvey Gittler; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 17,
1995.
- What Would You Have Done?; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; March 1995.
- Restaurant Reviews; Under the names of Edith Well and Al L’Carte;
ELYRIA CHRONICLE TELEGRAM; Ending February 10, 1995. Beginning April 30, 1993.
- Give of Yourself; INDUSTRY WEEK; December 5, 1994.
- Crash Programs: Managing the Unmanageable; R&D INNOVATOR; October, 1994.
- If I Ever See Jack Again, It Will Be Too Soon; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY;
October, 1994.
- I’m a Card-Carrying Member of ...; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; September,
1994.
- Labor Day Turns 100; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 5, 1994.
- First-Line Supervisors Save Money; R&D INNOVATOR; August, 1994.
- What Price Loyalty?; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; June, 1994.
- Reinventing Restructuring; R&D INNOVATOR; June, 1994.
- Tomorrow’s Manager, Tomorrow’s Pension; INDUSTRY WEEK; May 16,
1944
- Crash Programs: Managing the Unmanageable; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; May,
1994.
- Secretaries’ Bosses: A Mixed Bag; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 18, 1994.
- Every Day Should Be Secretary’s Day; R&D INNOVATOR; April, 1994.
- Name Change Not Enough; INDUSTRY WEEK, March 7, 1994.
- First-Line Supervisors Save Money; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; March 1994.
- There’s a Problem in Searching for a Better Job; R&D INNOVATOR;
February, 1994.
- There Are Hazards In Looking For Another Job; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY;
February, 1994.
- The Restructuring of America; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; January, 1994.
- Letter: Decisions, Decisions; INDUSTRY WEEK; February 7, 1994.
- Being Fired Should Never be a Surprise; R&D INNOVATOR; January, 1994.
- Too Many Facts Spoil the Decision; INDUSTRY WEEK; January 3, 1994.
- Author Index, 1993; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; December, 1993.
- The Spirit of Christmas is Not in Christmas Cards; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY;
December, 1993.
- Give Yourself a Present; INDUSTRY WEEK; December 6, 1993.
- When It Comes to Elections, Firms Should Mind Their Own Business; ADMINISTRATIVE
RADIOLOGY; November, 1993.
- A Toast to Foremen and Salesmen; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; October, 1993.
- A Labor of Love: A Labor Day Tribute; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; September,
1993.
- There’s Skill In Unskilled Labor; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 6, 1993.
- Who Really Is It That Has To Bite The Bullet?; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY;
August, 1993.
- Drucker and What We Already Know; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; June, 1993.
- For convicts: self-correction; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; June 8, 1993.
- Too Bad You’re Overqualified; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; June, 1993.
- The Greatest Manager of Them All; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; May, 1993.
- Every Day Should Be Secretaries’ Day; ADMINISTRATIVE RADIOLOGY; April,
1993.
- Restaurant Reviews; Under the names of Edith Well and Al L’Carte;
ELYRIA CHRONICLE TELEGRAM; Beginning April 30, 1993. Ending February 11, 1995.
- What Makes Secretaries Indispensable; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 19, 1993.
- How Important is a Decision? How Fast Can it Be Changed?; ADMINISTRATIVE
RADIOLOGY; March, 1993.
- A personal anniversary of WW II; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; March 2, 1993.
- Free at Last, Free at Last; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; March 1, 1993.
- Smokers are pests, says one; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; November 17, 1992.
- My Father's Life and Time; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; October 23, 1992.
- Mobility Imperils Pensions; INDUSTRY WEEK; July 20, 1992.
- No changes in Chrysler managers, but just watch; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER;
June 6, 1992.
- Secretaries Like Their Work; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 20, 1992.
- Where's My Annual Raise?; WALL STREET JOURNAL; March 23, 1992.
- Geographic never goes; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; March 21, 1992.
- A Little Something For Christmas; INDUSTRY WEEK; December 2, 1991.
- Summer was fun; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; October 11, 1991.
- Punctual bulletin from the postmaster; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; October
10, 1991.
- Bless Job Stress; WALL STREET JOURNAL; September 5, 1991. Reprinted in the
October, 1991 edition of CORPORATE REFLECTIONS, a publication of Peterson
Manufacturing Co; WINTERISMS, a publication of The Winter Construction Company.
- Minutemen of Maintenance; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 2, 1991. Reprinted in
the October, 1991 edition of SEAL COMMUNICATOR, a publication of Federal-Mogul
Corporation.
- After the Fall; WALL STREET JOURNAL; August 12, 1991. Reprinted in the October,
1991 newsletter of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management
Institute.
- Postal service flings commas to the winds; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; August
4, 1991 and June 20, 1991.
- Secretaries & Bosses 1941 and 1991; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 15, 1991.
- It's time to reduce costs -- again; CORPORATE CLEVELAND; February, 1991.
- Church and State: Not the Same Folks; letter; WALL STREET JOURNAL; March
19, 1991.
- Exco course teaches proper protesting; THE OBSERVER (Oberlin College); January
31, 1991.
- Talking that valuable staff member out of leaving can be a mistake; MARRIOTT
EXECUTIVE MEMO; Volume XII, Number 9, 1990.
- Three cheers for metalworking; TOOLING & PRODUCTION; December, 1990.
- This time do it right; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; December 11, 1990.
- Time to Honor Middle Managers; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 5, 1990.
- Go Ahead, Risk It, Be A Hero; INDUSTRY WEEK; June 4, 1990.
- Best use of your millions?; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; May 25, 1990.
- Secretaries Are Professionals, Too; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 16, 1990.
- Happy Birthday, IW; INDUSTRY WEEK; January 22, 1990.
- No fights in the aisles, FAA says; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; December
2, 1989.
- Overqualified? MA/PHD, Fall, 1989.
- The flag: symbolic, not sacred; THE TOLEDO BLADE; October 15, 1989.
- But what does flag mean?; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, October 12, 1989.
- I'm a Card-Carrying Member of ...; INDUSTRY WEEK, October 2, 1989.
- Will Someone Out There Please Card Me?; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; September
12, 1989.
- They also Labor; INDUSTRY WEEK; September 4, 1989.
- Conferences Prosper; Do Participants?; INDUSTRY WEEK; August 12, 1989.
- Beware the Fax; INDUSTRY WEEK; July 17, 1989.
- Competitive Manufacturing; OHIO BUSINESS; July, 1989.
- Crash Programs Don't Have To Be Disasters; BUSINESS MONTH; July, 1989.
- Back to Basics; OHIO BUSINESS; June, 1989.
- Berlin: A song for every season; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; May 11, 1989.
- Foot Note; "Pepper...Salt;" THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; April 19,
1989.
- Secretaries On The Go; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 17, 1989.
- Don't Exercise Staying Power; INDUSTRY WEEK; March 20, 1989.
- Well, Shut My Mouth ... Please; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; January 9, 1989.
Reprinted in the March/April 1989 issue of PMINFORMER, the official newsletter
of the Presidential Management Intern Program; United States Office of Personnel
Management.
- Hiring Freeze Puts Big Chill on Common Sense; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; November
7, 1988.
- Critics fail to recognize ACLU achievements; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER;
October 20, 1988.
- 'I Won't Be In To Work Today ... I'm Not Feeling Well!'; INDUSTRY WEEK;
September 19, 1988.
- Labor of Love -- A Tribute; INDUSTRY WEEK and THE ELYRIA CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM;
September 5, 1988.
- Plant Talk -- About Loyalty; ENGINEER'S DIGEST; August, 1988.
- Foreman: The Ultimate In Overhead?; INDUSTRY WEEK; July 18, 1988.
- Lame Ducks Can Sail Away Gracefully; THE LOS ANGELES TIMES; July 17, 1988.
- Oberlin's Rising Starr; OHIO BUSINESS; July, 1988.
- A Good Turner Deserves a Curtain Call; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; May 16,
1988.
- Letters; Secretaries’ Day; INDUSTRY WEEK; May 2, 1988
- Every Day Should Be Secretaries' Day; INDUSTRY WEEK; April 4, 1988.
- Gentlemen's Agreements and Breaking Faith; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; April
14, 1988.
- Decisions, Decisions,: The Best Ones Are Easy to Reverse; ENGINEER'S DIGEST;
March, 1988.
- Maintain a Decent Firing Squad; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; January 25, 1988.
- Who Really Is It That Has to Bite the Bullet?; INDUSTRY WEEK; January 4,
1988.
- Firms Should Mind Their Own Business; CIVIL LIBERTIES–ACLU; Winter
1987
- THIRTY-ONE DAYS hath September, April, June and November; INDUSTRY WEEK;
September 21, 1987.
- A Feeling I Can't Duplicate; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; September 17, 1987.
- Have You Transacted Today?; ENGINEER'S DIGEST; August, 1987.
- The Russians Are Coming ... ; OHIO BUSINESS; June, 1987. Reprinted in the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; June 16, 1987.
- Where It's At; ENGINEER'S DIGEST; June, 1987.
- Fighting the Stigma of Appearing Overqualified; NATIONAL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
WEEKLY; May 10, 1987.
- Bosses I have Known (and would like to forget); INDUSTRY WEEK; May 4, 1987.
Reprinted in MGR.; A management publication of CSX Corporation; Vol. II, No.
2, 1987.
- Are you Overqualified Enough for the Job?; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; March
30, 1987.
- Beware the Office Christmas Party; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; December 8,
1986.
- Firms should mind their own business; THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; October
4, 1986.
- Listen to the Whistle-Blowers Before It's Too Late; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,
March 10, 1986. Reprinted in MOBIUS', THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS PROFESSIONAL IN BUSINESS; Volume V, Number 1, Spring 1986.
- When the Spirit of Christmas Is Not in the cards; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL;
December 16, 1985.
- Decisions Are Only As Good As Those Who Can Change Them; THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL; October 7, 1985.
- There is Something About a Factory That Is Grand! Grand! Grand!; THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL; August 19, 1985. Included in the book THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
ON MANAGING.
- Raise a Glass to the Foreman and Salesman; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; March
4, 1985
- One More Panacea and We'll All Go Nuts; INDUSTRY WEEK; March 4, 1985.
- There's No Room for Loyalty in Business; THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; January
28, 1985. Reprinted in THE SINGAPORE STRAITS TIME; February 22, 1985. Included
in the book THE BEST FROM THE MANAGER'S JOURNAL.
- Letter: Addressing Women; AIR CONDITION, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS;
March 19, 1984
- Letters: Panacea?; DUN’S REVIEW; March 1981
- Equivalent Units -- A Simple Method for Measuring Performance; ASSEMBLY
ENGINEERING; October, 1975.
- Letter: Labor-Law History; AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION
NEWS; July 8, 1974
- Why Not Put Inspectors on Incentive?; MACHINE AND TOOL BLUE BOOK; March,
1974.
- Why Not Put Inspectors on Incentive?; QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING;
December, 1973.
- Book Review: Low-Cost Maintenance Control; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; October,
1973.
- Anatomy of a Success -- Supervisor Improvement Program; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;
September, 1973.
- Letter: In the Meantime; WALL STREET JOURNAL; March 30, 1972
- Industrial Engineering and Standard Costs; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; August,
1968.
- Cutting Costs -- Where Do You Begin?; SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT; February,
1968.
- Make Planned Cost Reduction Work for You; MACHINE AND TOOL BLUE BOOK, November,
1967.
- The Bargaining Unit and the Industrial Engineer, Administration of Job Evaluation
and Wage Incentive Clauses; MACHINE AND TOLL BLUE BOOK; December, 1966. (
With W. C. Cooling.)
- The Bargaining Unit and the Industrial Engineer, The Wage Curve; MACHINE
AND TOOL BLUE BOOK; November, 1966. (With W. C. Cooling.)
- Why Factory Procedures Sometimes Fail; WORK STUDY (London, England); October,
1966. (With W.C. Cooling.)
- The Bargaining Unit and the Industrial Engineer, Production Standards; MACHINE
AND TOOL BLUE BOOK; September, 1966. (With W. C. Cooling.)
- Executive Mobility -- and the Line/Staff Impasse; MANAGEMENT REVIEW MAGAZINE;
September, 1966.
- Don't By-Pass Your Plant on Job Timekeeping; THE OFFICE; September, 1966.
(With W. C. Cooling.)
- Why Factory Procedures Sometimes Fail; THE OFFICE February, 1966. (With
W. C. Cooling.)
- Control Those Creeping Methods Changes; ASSEMBLY ENGINEERING; February,
1966. (With Frank Bennett.)
- Pitfalls to Automation; PRODUCTION (London, England); September, 1964.
- Reducing Assembly Costs; ASSEMBLY ENGINEERING; March, 1964.
- Automating Assembly Operations; ASSEMBLY ENGINEERING; November, 1963.
- Letter: Part Numbers; PRODUCTION; February 14, 1963
- Transfer Are Designed to Use Off-the-Shelf Hardware; PRODUCT ENGINEERING,
July 10, 1961
- Letter: A Penny Saved; WALL STREET JOURNAL; September 1, 1960
- How to Unearth Cost Reduction Ideas; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; May, 1961.
- How to Unearth Cost Reduction Ideas; PROCEEDINGS SAM-ASME MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
CONFERENCE; April, 1960.
- Barrel Unite and Sulfamate Bath Make Nickel Plate Stressfree, STEEL, February
23, 1959
- Extra Benefits From Work Measurement; MILL AND FACTORY; April, 1959.
- Business Machine, FROM A DUPONT AD, April 1959
- Underwood Selects HairKore, INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING, April, 1959
- How to Save $1,000,000; MILL AND FACTORY; December, 1958.
- Paced Conveyors Step Up Assembly Efficiency, MILL AND FACTORY, November
1958
- Four Users View Their Needs, MACHINE TOOL, November 1958
- One Operation for Tapping and Deburring, MILL AND FACTORY, October 1958
- Two Machines Save $14,766 a year; STEEL; October 6, 1958.
- “Hot" Paint Boosts Spraying Efficiency; MILL AND FACTORY; April,
1958.
- A Brand-New Kind of Conveyor for Soldering on the Move, FACTORY MANAGEMENT
and MAINTENANCE, February 1955
- Maintaining Consistent Standards; THE JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;
November, 1952.