Claremont (Calif.); Claremont Graduate School; Consultants; Japan; San Francisco (Calif.); Letters
Drucker sends his best wishes to James Worthy, and his wife, Millie, on their new home. He informs them that he moved to Claremont, California a year and a half ago and is now a professor at Claremont Graduate School. Drucker also updates them on...
Competition; Computers; Control Data Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Japan; Letters
Drucker tells James Worthy he is impressed with the prospectus for the Alpha Center for Public/Private Initiatives, Inc., but declines to take part in any capacity of it, because he is very busy. On a different matter, Drucker claims that Control...
Congresses and conventions; Letters; Social organization
Drucker is unhappy that he will not be able to attend a symposium honoring James Worthy' work and career in person. He goes on to say that he has known Worthy for more than forty years and that Worthy was the first person to point out the...
Authors and publishers; HarperCollins (Firm); Transaction Publishers; Letters
After promising Mary E. Curtis, of Transaction Publishers, new prefaces for the planned reissue of two of his books, Drucker states he is not sure how soon the books will be available because Harper Collins is still selling them.
Drucker tells Tanja Eichenberger to contact Orlene Barger of the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management for information regarding admission policies.
Although Drucker is flattered by Hebrew Union College's offer to bestow an honorary doctorate upon him, he writes Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, President of the school, to decline the honor and states his reasons for the decision.
Herbert V. Brotspies states that the concepts outlined in Drucker's books were valuable and insightful to his management career and thanks him for influencing his successful business career. Contains Brotspies' original signature.
HarperCollins (Firm); Publishers and publishing; Transaction Publishers; Letters
Mary E. Curtis, chairman and publisher of Transaction Publishers suggests that Drucker begin writing new introductions for two books that Transaction will publish after they are no longer in print by HarperCollins. Contains handwritten note.
Manuscript preparation (Authorship); Letters;Word processors; Publishers and publishing
James C. Worthy discusses developments of his biography on General Wood, as his entire manuscript has been "word processed." In addition, Worthy asks Drucker for assistance in coming up with a better title of the biography and has enclosed copies...
Sears, Roebuck and Company; Katz, Donald R.; Norris, William C., 1911-2006; Letters
James C. Worthy has reviewed the new book on Sears for Illinois Issues and has sent a letter to Dave Moore explaining unknown background of the publication. In addition, Worthy received from Bill Norris, a printed schedule entitled the "Prospectus...
James C. Worthy describes the efforts to organize the Alpha Center for Public/Private Initiatives, Inc. and steps are being taken to establish the Beacon Fund, which will help provide financing for future enterprises. In addition, Worthy wishes to...
James C. Worthy discusses the outcome of his daughters bid for state election. Worthy cites numerous examples, such as the difficulty of split ticket voting, her veto of a tuition tax bill passage bill passed by the city council and her opposition...
James C. Worthy discusses Drucker's idea of addressing social problems as business opportunities and the establishment of the Alpha Center for Public/Private Initiatives.
Letters; Reminiscing; Birthdays; Zand, Dale E.; College teachers; Gratitude; College students
Dale and Charlotte Zand send congratulations to Peter Drucker on his 80th birthday. In addition, Dale highlights the impact of Peter Drucker on management and the political economy.
The Committee on Honors of the Faculty, Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has approved an honorary degree to be conferred to Peter Drucker at the graduation ceremony.
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."
