American Management Association; Organization theory; Letters
After reading James Worthy's paper on organization structure, Drucker asserts his preference to distinguish managerial autonomy based on an independent business unit, from managerial autonomy created purely by administrative decision.
Drucker congratulates James Worthy on the publication of Big Business and Free Men. Drucker also mentions that he is working on a series of articles that he would like Worthy to view. Contains Drucker's original signature.
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...
Authorship; Education - Curricula; Letters; Worthy, James C.; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005
Drucker agrees with James Worthy's curriculum and believes that the splintering of management learning is senseless. Drucker also states he is working on a book and congratulates Worthy on his "retirement." Contains Drucker's original signature.
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...
After learning that Tanja Eichenberger, a European university student, and stepdaughter of an old Swiss friend, is interested in attending the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Drucker asks Orlene Barger to find out if the school...
Accounting; Aerojet-General Corporation. Von Karman Center. Life Systems Division; Business cycles; Business; Conflict management; Mathematical models; McGregor, Douglas; Mechanics, Analytic; United States. Dept. of Defense. Independent Research...
One of two edited draft copies, contains corrections by Bradley Jacobs of his oral history interview. Bradley Jacobs, former Orange County assessor, discusses his professional relationship with Peter Drucker and how Jacobs applied his theories in...
Art, Asian; Claremont Graduate School; Executive management; Master of business administration degree; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Resignation; Letters
Drucker's resignation letter as lecturer in Oriental art at Pomona College due to his commitment to the new Advanced Executive MBA program at Clarement Graduate School.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership; Kauffman, Ewing Marion, 1916-1993; Letters
Drucker thanks Steve Roling, Vice President of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, for his gift to the Drucker Archives Project at Claremont Graduate University. He also states that Ewing Kauffman was a...
Congresses and conventions; Letters; Worthy, James C.
Drucker lets Professor Myron Roomkin of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University know that he will not be able to attend the symposium honoring James Worthy, and that he encloses a letter to him. Contains Drucker's...
After receiving a generous donation from Deloitte & Touche to name a classroom in the Burkle Family Building of the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, Drucker thanks Robert E. Wetzel, Managing Director...
Accounting; Aerojet-General Corporation. Von Karman Center. Life Systems Division; Business cycles; Business; Conflict management; Mathematical models; McGregor, Douglas; Mechanics, Analytic; United States. Dept. of Defense. Independent Research...
One of two edited draft copies, with notes by Bradley Jacobs, of his oral history interview. Bradley Jacobs, former Orange County assessor, discusses his professional relationship with Peter Drucker and how Jacobs applied his theories in the...
Drucker feels a Japanese television taping will be great publicity for Claremont Graduate School's MBA program in Japan and receives notice that he will get assistance from an administrative assistant during the project. Contains Boland's...
Richard Nelson Bolles shares his gratitude for Drucker's encouragement over the years and updates him on his personal life. Contains original signature.
