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; 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; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; General Electric Company; Operations research; Arthur D. Little Foundation; Case Institute of Technology; Society for Advancement of Management
This is a letter written by Peter Drucker for Harold Smiddy. He writes to express how clearly Smiddy makes the distinction between "OR&S at GE", and "Operations Research" at the Case Institute and Arthur D. Little. Drucker explains, what he feels,...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Smiddy, Harold F., 1900-1978; General Electric Company; Operations research; Arthur D. Little Foundation; Case Institute of Technology; Society for Advancement of Management
This is a letter written by Peter Drucker for Harold Smiddy. He writes to express how clearly Smiddy makes the distinction between "OR&S at GE", and "Operations Research" at the Case Institute and Arthur D. Little. Drucker explains, what he feels,...
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; 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; General Electric Company; Consultants; Operations research; Business; Development and underdevelopment; Rayon; Bell Telephone Company; Defense industries; Paper industry; Life insurance; Technology;...
This is a series of letters and the report, "Typical Business Problems Symptomatic of a Need for the Development of Alternative Theories of the Business", which they correspond to. The report is written by Peter Drucker for Mel Hurni. Its purpose...
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 letter from Peter Drucker to Mel Hurni and the enclosed memorandum, also written by Drucker. It is for use by Mel Hurni and the OR&SCS (Operations Research and Synthesis Consulting Service) team. Drucker states that this merely serves the...
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...
