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...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Research Management; Verbal ability
Bill Opel tells of how his first encounter with Peter Drucker was in reading an article Drucker wrote on research management, which was Opel's field of work. Opel came to Claremont Graduate University to pursue a Ph.D. and then took classes with...
Authorship; Lectures and lecturing; Speeches, addresses, etc.
Drucker is the 28th lecturer in The Claremont Colleges Annual Lecture Series. In his published informal talks, "Why We Are Not Making Much Progress," Drucker identifies three major misunderstandings of environmental advocates and problems...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Books; Authorship; Communication; Leadership; Powell, Colin L.; Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Influence (Psychology); Consultants; Baldoni, John
John Baldoni, of Baldoni Consulting, L.L.C., writes Peter Drucker saying that it is with great pleasure to present him with a complimentary copy of his newest book, "Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders." He says that he considers...
Claremont Graduate School; Economist Newspaper Limited; General Motors Corporation; Harvard Business School; Management consulting; New York University. Graduate School of Business Administration; Nonprofit organizations; Stanford University....
After reading a story about himself in the October 1, 1994 issue of The Economist, Drucker writes the editor, Bill Emmot, Esq., to show his appreciation, and clarify some statements made in the story.
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Donaldson, William Henry, 1931-; United States. Securities and Exchange Commission; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.; Questioning; Consumers; Scotland; Pension trusts; Alliance Capital...
Bill Donaldson is a former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and served as Under Secretary of State during the Nixon Administration. In this interview Donaldson relates his dealings with Peter Drucker and his consulting work...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Pollard, C. William; ServiceMaster Foundation; Herman Miller, Inc.; Nonprofit organizations; Business Japan; Consultants; Religion and business ethics
Bill Pollard is Chairman of the Board of the ServiceMaster Foundation and serves as a director of Herman Miller, Inc. In addition, he also serves as a trustee and/or director for several educational, religious and non-profit organizations such as,...
Business Japan; Consultants; Education, Higher; Human capital; Nonprofit organizations; Organizational behavior; Oral biography; ServiceMaster Company
Bill Pollard, chairman of ServiceMaster, LLP discusses how Drucker influenced him personally and as an executive and how he helped ServiceMaster define itself as an organization. Page 12 is missing.
Jonathan Club; Currency; Gold standard; Dollar, American; Retirement age; Knowledge workers; China
In this transcript of Peter Drucker’s speech, delivered to the Jonathan Club in 1967, Drucker discusses the changing world economy. He begins by discussing currency and the fluctuating value of the U.S. dollar. He goes on to discuss dropping...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Education; Charities; Charity organization; Nonprofit organizations; Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937; Gates, Bill, 1955-; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Salvation Army; American...
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding managing the non-profit organization he begins by going over the course syllabus, the requirements for the course and gives some general comments concerning the final paper. He then launches into a...
Presidential Medal of Freedom; Award presentations; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Bush, Laura Welch, 1946-; Powell, Colin L.; Powell, Alma; Aaron, Hank, 1934-; Cosby, Bill, 1937-; Domingo, Plácido, 1941-;...
Peter Drucker is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2002. The other award recipients include: Hank Aaron, Bill Cosby, Plácido Domingo, Katharine Graham, Donald A. Henderson, Irving Kristol, Nelson Mandela,...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Manufacturing industries; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Prefaces; Translations; Books
Peter Drucker writes Atsuo Ueda, executive director of the Institute of Technologists, describing the projects he is working on. He also discusses the title of his Japanese book. The letter contains edits.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Hoopes, James, 1944-; Books; Photographs; Newspapers; Nazis; Authorship; General Motors Corporation; Harvard Business School; Teaching; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966;...
Peter Drucker writes James Hoopes, professor of history at Babson College, correcting some factual mistakes in Hoopes' text and discusses his teaching career. James Hooper refers to James Hoopes. The letter contains edits.
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...
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...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Worthy, James C.; Wood, Robert E. (Robert Elkington), 1879-1969; Authorship
James C. Worthy has asked Peter Drucker to comment on the manuscript about General Wood and has explained his use of sources, the necessity of an epilogue and the general structure of the manuscript.
Letters; Control Data Corporation; Meetings; Norris, William C., 1911-2006
James C. Worthy discusses numerous meetings, ranging from a visit to the Graduate Business School of New York University to Control Data Corporation board meetings to his flight to Jamaica, where he is working on a project for Bill Norris, founder...
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...
