The 1941 Babsonian. - Babson College

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JOSEPH SIEGEL, JR.
610 West Boston Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan
Objective:
Production
Special Trail/il/g:
Production; Sales; Advertising; Statistics; Finance;
Government and Business
Educa tiol/:
Detroit Cniversity S,chool, Dt'troit, :\1ichigan;
Hrov\!l l' nivt'f.,>ity, Providence, Rhode Island; Hab­
SOil Institute or Husiness Administration, Babsoll
Park, Massachusetts
ExtracurricuLar Activities:
Flying, Intramural Sports, Babson Institutt'
Persollal Data:
Age 22; Single; Ht'ight~' 10 1 /'; Wt'ight 180
BACKGROCND
Throughout his life, Siegel has bern interested in
Production Management. Inasmuch as his family has
lxen in the corset manufacturing industry, he has had
many opportunities to observe the functions performed in
tht' individual shops that distribute this mt'rchandise.
He has always been impressed by manufacturing
methods. He has seen the methods of manufacturing and
distribution in his family's industry and consequently
resolved to asct'rtain the ways and means of bringing
together material, labor, and equipment so as to effect
production and distribution with a minimum of delay
and cost.
PRACTICAL TRAINING
~1anagement.
(ain f.>anicularly (0 his l~lIllily's husilless ..\tTurdingly,
Ill' has f.>robed extensively into Dispa(chillg, SdH"dulillg,
S peei fications, alld Stores Kct'f.>i llg.
Thr objectives 0[' Siegel's Managrmcn t training
haw' been to familiarize him with the various types of
industrial organizations and with the management
['unctions 01' the inlrgTal parts of each; to acquaint him
with the technique or those management and operating
practices which need to be observed in the proprr conduct
of the manufacturing business. Part of the work has
consisted of visits to typically wrll-managed plants.
Each student has been rrquirrd to make a constructivt',
analytical report of tht' parts, following vvhich tbe management
and opnation practices arc discussed in group
conference. Sirgel has shown cUl1sidcrablr ability in his
carec:r flf'ld of' Production.
TIlE BUSrNESS M.\!\T
The transition from the academic lile tu the business
world should be easy for Siegel. He is the adaptable and
mature type of young business man. His sound judgment
and individual resourcefulness plus his courage in combination
with his practical training will place him before
the attentive, progressive, management-minded business
man.
Siegel has had considerable training in Production
He has specialized in the fields that pcrl
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