Lectures and lecturing; Management; Education; Nonprofit organizations; General Electric Company; Strategic planning; Publishers and publishing
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding new demands on the executive he begins by discussing the way in which no one can explain the restoration of pre-1929 European and Japanese societies and economies. He explains that prior to World War II...
Art, Asian; Art, Japanese; Bennington College; Business consultants; Business, culture and change; College teaching; Consulting contracts United States; Education, Higher; Harvard University; Management Japan; Landscape painting, Japanese; Oral...
Peter Drucker discusses his first teaching job in the United States and his teaching technique. He further details how he became involved in business consulting in the private and public sector, government consulting during World War II and his...
Lectures and lecturing; Decision making; Case studies; Honeywell Inc.; General Electric Company; Memory; Writing; Lacquer and lacquering; Rayon; Gossip; Paper industry; Edward D. Jones & Co.
Peter Drucker lectures about effective decisions. During his talk, he discusses: critical incidences, the purpose of case studies, the Honeywell and General Electric merger, pre-literacy, the writing process, lacquer in Japan, textile...
Lectures and lecturing; Hospitals; Schools; Statistics; Learning; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Decision making; Follett, Mary Parker, 1868-1933; Conflict management; General Electric Company; Welch, Jack, 1935-; Executive...
Peter Drucker lectures about effective decisions. During his talk, he discusses: groups and individuals in organizations, learning styles, the success rate of people decisions, Alfred Sloan and personnel decisions, Mary Parker Follett and the...
Lectures and lecturing; Knowledge workers; Caste; Social mobility; Newcomer, Mabel, b. 1891; Avery, R. Stanton, 1907-; Automated tellers; Life span, Productive; Composers; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Kennedy, John F. (John...
Peter Drucker lectures about the knowledge worker. During his talk, he discusses: caste systems and mobility, Mabel Newcomer and executive background statistics, the organization man of the 1950s, the importance of taking responsibility for...
Lectures and lecturing; Raytheon Company; Defense industries; Electronics; Knowledge workers; Money; General Motors Corporation; Pensions; Risk; Uncertainty; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; Sears,...
A student in Peter Drucker’s course on the next society makes a presentation on his company, Raytheon. He shares the company’s history and where it hopes to be in the future. Drucker critiques the presentation and talks about the book, "The...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Welch, Jack, 1935-; General Electric Company; Hong Kong (China); Distance education
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the effective manager he begins by discussing President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his Brain Trust, and the unofficial appointment of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to the position of Secretary of the Treasury. From...
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...
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...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Letters; Operations research; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; General Electric Company
This is a cover letter written by Peter to Mel Hurni. It explains that the enclosed letter contains an approach to company-wide problems at General Electric. Drucker wrote it so that it could be shown to Harold Smiddy if the need arose. Drucker...
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...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Books; Bookstores; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Lectures and lecturing; Industrial designers; Newspapers; Translations; Japan; Schools; Itō, Hirobumi,...
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker saying that Japan is experiencing a Drucker boom with Drucker books in bookstores and lectures about him occurring. He informs Drucker that he still lectures on him almost every week. Ueda goes on to translate an...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Publishers and publishing; Newspapers; Advertising; Executives; Books; Businessmen; Keizai Dantai Rengōkai; Bookstores; Chūō Rōdō Saigai Bōshi Kyōkai (Japan);...
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker saying that he is attaching copies of advertisements that appeared in major newspapers, the "Weekly Diamond," and trains in the metropolitan area. He shares the comments of the four businessmen that appeared in the...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Books; Bookstores; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Lectures and lecturing; Industrial designers; Newspapers; Translations; Japan; Schools; Itō, Hirobumi,...
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker saying that Japan is experiencing a Drucker boom with Drucker books in bookstores and lectures about him occurring. He informs Drucker that he still lectures on him almost every week. Ueda goes on to translate an...
Scheduling; Cordiner, Ralph J.; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; Borch, Fred J., 1910-; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972; General Electric Company; American Management Association; Massachusetts...
This is a list of notable speakers and a schedule for the First Advanced Management Course in January, February, and March of 1956. Most of the Speakers listed work for General Electric. The rest of the speakers have their employers listed as...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Greenwood, Ronald G.; Management by objectives; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; General Electric Company; Books; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Tarrant, John J.
This is an article written by Ron Greenwood. He discusses how Drucker was the first to coin the term "Management by Objectives", though possibly not the first to use it. Greenwood also explores Drucker's work with Harold Smiddy and General...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Greenwood, Ronald G.; Management by objectives; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; General Electric Company; Books; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; Tarrant, John J.; Decentralization in...
This is an article written by Ron Greenwood. He discusses how Drucker was the first to coin the term "Management by Objectives", though possibly not the first to use it. Greenwood also explores Drucker's work with Harold Smiddy and General...
