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...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Mathematics; Management; Operations research
This is a letter from Peter Drucker to Melvin L. Hurni. It discusses the use of math and the place of a mathematician in OR&S. Drucker believes that Operations Research and Synthesis is not just the application of mathematics to business, it is...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Operations research; General Electric Company; Decision making; Management; Consultants; Manufacturing processes
Peter Drucker wrote this letter to Mel Hurni to discuss more possible solutions to the problems discussed in a meeting the previous week. The conclusions he lists include constantly working to improve the competence of the workers involved,...
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...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Operations research; Budget; Letters
This is a letter written by Peter Drucker for Mel Hurni. He discusses how important writing the budget is for the future of the Operations Research and Synthesis program. Drucker believes Mel should use it as an opportunity to create better...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Operations research; Consultants; Training; Knowledge and learning; Ability; General Electric Company
This letter is from Peter F. Drucker to Mel Hurni. Its purpose is to show how challenging it will be to design and implement the training program for the Operations Research and Synthesis Consulting Service. Drucker states that it is time to...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Operations research; General Electric Company; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; Letters
This letter was written for Mel Hurni by Peter Drucker. Drucker compliments Hurni's hard work and achievements and discusses opportunities that lie ahead. He goes into detail on the three major fronts (conceptual, organizational, and operational)...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Operations research; General Electric Company; Letters
This is a letter from Peter Drucker to Mel Hurni. It is a description of Drucker's experience at a professional business manager course offered in Ossining, New York. He describes some of the people there and their level of understanding and...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; Operations research; World War II; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; General Electric Company
This is a letter written by M. E. Salveson for Mel Hurni commenting on a different letter written by Peter Drucker to Harold Smiddy on September 30. Salveson emphasizes that as they make progress in Operations Research and Synthesis, credit must...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Mathematics; Business; Operations research; Consultants; Sales; Cargo ships; Design; Logic; Marketing; Manufacturing processes; Engineering; Ford Motor Company; World War II; Autonomy; Risk;...
This is a report written by Peter Drucker for use by Mel Hurni and the OR&SCS (Operations Research and Synthesis Consulting Service) team. Drucker states that this merely serves the purpose of a "thought starter" to begin to sketch out ways to...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Mills, Harlan D., 1919-; Letters; Game theory; Books; Planning; Strategy; Logic
This is a letter from Peter Drucker to Harlan Mills. Drucker comments on the book "Uncertainty and Business Decisions". He believes it brings up a lot of relative points for OR&S (Operations Research and Synthesis), but this is mostly through...
Management; Operations research; Decentralization in management
This is an outline about Operations Research & Synthesis. The purpose of OR&S, as discussed in this report, is to decentralize authority and responsibility.
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; Cordiner, Ralph J.; General Foods Corporation; General Electric Company; Society for Advancement of Management
This is a letter from Peter Drucker to Harold Smiddy. Drucker compliments Smiddy on the paper he presented at the recent SAM conference. He also discusses a talk given by Mr. Johnson. Drucker gives his own interpretation of Mr. Johnson's speech and...
Production and logistics; Operations research; Performance; Industrial engineering
This is a report that outlines ways in which the function of Operations Research can be run more effectively, as well as enhance the way it operates with other personnel within the organization. This contains handwritten edits.
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; General Electric Company; Consultants; Autonomy; Management
This is a rough draft of specifications for the position of "technical counsellor" in Operations Research & Synthesis Consulting Service at General Electric. It was written by Peter Drucker and submitted to Mel Hurni. It covers the needs, the...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Management; General Electric Company
This letter is written by Mel Hurni for Peter Drucker and is a critique of an article draft written by Drucker. The article is called "Management Science or Management Gadget Bag?". Hurni lists several issues he finds with the article and offers...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Management consulting; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978
This letter is written by Peter Drucker for Mel Hurni. It consists of several comments about a memorandum that was written to Harold Smiddy to propose a writing topic for a book or article. Drucker believes he has chosen a good topic that could...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Management consulting; Management science; Problem solving; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978
This letter was sent from Mel Hurni to Peter Drucker asking for his opinions about the attached proposal. Enclosed is a letter from Mel Hurni to Harold Smiddy containing a tentative hypothesis for an article about the work of a manager. The...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Management; General Electric Company
This letter is written by Mel Hurni for Peter Drucker and is a critique of an article draft written by Drucker. The article is called "Management Science or Management Gadget Bag?". Hurni lists several issues he finds with the article and offers...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; General Electric Company; Operations research; Professional employees; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This letter is from Mel Hurni to Peter Drucker. It discusses the theory building work that Drucker did for Hurni. Hurni explains adjustments he would like Drucker to make so that the examples will be more suitable to his purposes. One such...
