Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Operations research; General Electric Company; Consulting contracts
This is an outline of the work Drucker agreed to do for the Operations Research and Synthesis Consultation Services. The agreement discusses compensations, objectives, and specific tasks he is expected to complete. The agreement is for consultation...
After receiving a generous donation from General Electric to the Peter F. Drucker Archives and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, Drucker thanks John F. Welch, Chairman and CEO of the General...
Greenwood, Ronald G.; Letters; General Electric Company
A letter sent from Mel Hurni to Dr. Ronald G. Greenwood. It is the first of two letters written in an effort to offer a "road map" through OR&S papers (Operations Research & Synthesis) from General Electric Company. This letter is meant to be a...
Letters; Greenwood, Ronald G.; General Electric Company
A letter sent from Mel Hurni to Dr. Ronald G. Greenwood. It is the second letter written in an effort to offer a "road map" through OR&S papers (Operations Research & Synthesis) from General Electric Company. This letter is a description of the...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Decentralization in management; General Electric Company; Executive management; Operations research; Performance; Autonomy; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978
This is a letter written by Peter F. Drucker for Mel Hurni. Drucker addresses some weaknesses in the General Electric Company that he believes can be solved or improved by O.R. & S. (operations research and synthesis). He also outlines the three...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Pontiac automobile; General Motors Company; General Electric Company; Sears, Roebuck and Company
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the effective manager he begins by discussing his work with General Motors Company and Pontiac during the post-World War II period. He describes the contrasting cultures of Pontiac and GMC, tracing them...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Claremont Graduate School; Claremont Graduate University--Faculty; Books; Knowledge and learning; Knowledge workers; Management; Audiocassettes; Slaves; Farms; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Japan; Marx,...
This is an audio recording of the first in a series of lectures by Drucker, given on September 26, 1989. He discusses managing the knowledge worker. According to Drucker we are in a new reality, in which most employees will be doing knowledge...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Greenwood, Ronald G.; Nazis; Germany; Books; General Motors Company; General Electric Company; Management by objectives
This is a brief paper about Drucker's life and work by Ron Greenwood. He mentions Drucker's education in Germany and the banning of his first book. Greenwood goes on to discuss Drucker's work with General Motors and General Electric. He also talks...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Bell Telephone Company; American Can Company; Decentralization in management; General Electric Company; Information technology; Skeleton; Autonomy;...
This is an audio recording from day two of the Annual Peter F. Drucker Symposium, sponsored by the graduate school of business administration of New York University. The talk is about managing increasing complexity of large organizations. Drucker...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Harmon, Frederick G.; American Management Association; Citibank (New York, N.Y.); Entrepreneurship; Procter & Gamble Company; Johnson & Johnson; General Electric Company; Supply and demand; Customer...
This is the second part of an interview of Peter Drucker by Fred Harmon on his book about innovation and entrepreneurship. In this segment they focus on the practice of entrepreneurship. The discussion examines entrepreneurship in three different...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Corporations; Books; General Motors automobiles; General Motors Company; General Motors Corporation; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Big business; Management; Decentralization in...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Zand, Dale E.; Guth, William D.; New York University. Graduate School of Business Administration; Wages; Inflation (Finance); Stock exchanges; Finance; Technology; Diversification in industry;...
This is side B of the first tape from the annual Drucker Symposium of 1979. Dale Zand is the moderator, and William Guth is the panelist. In this section, Drucker finishes his talk about business strategies. He talks about the importance of keeping...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Welch, Jack, 1935-; India; Contracting out; General Electric Company
In this interview Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, discusses his thoughts on Peter Drucker. What struck Welch during his first meeting with Drucker, was when Drucker asked him, “If you weren’t already in this business, would you enter it...
Interviews; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; General Electric Company; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Millhouse), 1913-1994; Peace Corps (U.S.); Borch, Fred J., 1910-; ServiceMaster Foundation; Enron Corp.; Japan; Canada; Cross, Dolores...
In this interview Drucker discusses his early work with General Electric in the 1950s, his work with Fred Borch (later CEO of General Electric) and the types of consulting he did for the company. He compares the work he did with GE to his...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Procter & Gamble Company; Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; General Electric Company; Chase Manhattan Bank; Knowledge workers; Consumers; Brand name products; Lafley, A. G. (Alan G.)
A.G. Lafley, CEO of Proctor and Gamble, is interviewed regarding his relationship with Peter Drucker. He begins the interview by comparing Peter Drucker to Babe Ruth because of Drucker’s longevity, high standards, and sustained excellence. Lafley...
Lectures and lecturing; Newspapers; Decision making; Associations, institutions, etc.; Japan; Joint ventures; General Electric Company; Marketing; Corporate turnarounds - Management; Sabotage; Catholic Church; General Motors Corporation; Saturn...
Peter Drucker lectures about effective decisions. During his talk, he discusses: the text and advertisement space of newspapers, bosses in Japan, Japanese decision-making, the purpose of marketing, joint ventures, turnaround artists, bringing...
Management by objectives; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; General Motors Company; McGregor, Douglas; Mayo, Elton, 1880-1949; General Electric Company; Planning
This is an article written by R. Henry Migliore called "A History of Management by Objectives". He goes through, chronologically, how MBO came into existence and the individuals who played a role in its inception and proliferation. He also...
Lyndall Urwick discusses numerous aspects of business management and organization as well as employee relations within the General Electric Company. In addition, he shares his views on Drucker's publication, "The Practice of Management."
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Cross, Dolores E.; General Electric Company; College administrators; Chicago State University; Morris Brown College; Claremont Graduate University; Nonprofit organizations
Dolores Cross has many accomplishments as both a professor and university administrator. She became the first female president of both Chicago State University in 1990 and later Morris Brown College. In 1997 she moved to the presidency of the GE...
