Ivan Hirst
The man responsible for the rise of large organization of VW that we know today.
As legend tells it: A British officer that won the minds of the German work force of Post WWII, by working hand in hand on the factory floor.
From VW's corporate archives:
http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/publications/2013/11/ivan_hirst.bin.html/binarystorageitem/file/VWAG_HN_4_Ivan-Hirst-eng_2013_10_18.pdf
The kinship that this company shares with Ivan Hirst's history is the following:
- Working directly on the factory floor
- Mechanical Sensibility
- Striving for something difficult
The man responsible for the rise of large organization of VW that we know today.
As legend tells it: A British officer that won the minds of the German work force of Post WWII, by working hand in hand on the factory floor.
From VW's corporate archives:
http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/publications/2013/11/ivan_hirst.bin.html/binarystorageitem/file/VWAG_HN_4_Ivan-Hirst-eng_2013_10_18.pdf
The kinship that this company shares with Ivan Hirst's history is the following:
- Working directly on the factory floor
- Mechanical Sensibility
- Striving for something difficult