Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Mental illness; Pollard, C. William; ServiceMaster Company; World War II; CARE Inc.; Women; Bower, Marvin, 1903-; General Motors Company; Medicine; Hospitals; Railroads; Rockefeller, David, 1915-;...
This is an oral history interview with Peter Drucker, conducted by Karen Linkletter. Drucker describes what he has learned about management from ServiceMaster and CARE, and about differences he has had while working with General Motors. He also...
Core competencies; General Motors Corporation; McKinsey and Company; Bower, Marvin, 1903-; Labor turnover; Values; Musicians; Works councils; Physicians; Ellsworth, Richard R.; Sathe, Vijay; College teaching; Chief executive officers; Leadership;...
Peter Drucker lectures to his students in an executive management course. Topics discussed during his lecture include: core competencies, one’s preferences, setbacks and resilience, the creation of General Motors and its weaknesses, Marvin Bower...
Lectures and lecturing; Printing; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Government policy; New Deal, 1933-1939; Bower, Marvin, 1903-; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Miracles; Decision making; Sloan,...
Peter Drucker lectures to his class. During his talk, he discusses: the printing press and monasteries as copy plants, Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, creative imitation, the difficulty of government abandonment, innovation and organized...
Peter Drucker lectures about the knowledge worker. During his talk, he discusses: building feedback into one’s system, the basis for not having opinions about oneself or others, learning one’s strengths, turnaround people in organizations,...
Employees Recruiting; McKinsey and Company; Letters
After hearing that Claremont Graduate School will name its new center after Drucker, Marvin Bower of McKinsey & Company, Inc. discusses exploring the center as a possible recruiting place and congratulates him for his honor. Contains Bower's...
