Nonprofit organizations; Success; Money; Management; Knowledge workers; Rosenstein, Bruce
Peter Drucker discusses his thoughts on various topics including his observations of individuals who have made career decisions based upon being money-focused versus achievement-focused, and his own ability to continually re-invent himself. He goes...
Peter Drucker discusses his thoughts on various topics including the importance of experience for a young knowledge worker and the ineffectiveness of MBA programs on younger students. He goes on to discuss his career as a teacher and to explain...
Letters; International relations; Nonprofit organizations; United States - Politics and government
After hearing Drucker speak before the Economic Club of Washington, Anthony Downs, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, encloses a copy of points that made the greatest impression on him. Contains Downs' original signature.
Associations, institutions, etc. - Membership; Letters; Society for the History of Technology; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Wolfle, Dael, 1906-2002
Dael Wolfle, executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), welcomes Peter Drucker as a member and fellow of the AAAS and a council representative of the Society for the History of Technology.
Associations, institutions, etc. - Membership; Letters; Karnovsky, Manfred L.; American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Manfred L. Karnovsky, the secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, notifies Peter Drucker that he has been nominated as a fellow. Contains Karnovsky's original signature.
Clark Center for Japanese Art; Fellowships; Letters
Willard G. Clark informs Drucker that the board of directors of the Clark Center for Japanese Art would like to honor his as the fifth Clark Fellow. Contains Clark's original signature.
Maciariello, Joseph A.; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; General Motors Corporation; ServiceMaster Foundation; Management; China
Professor Joseph Maciariello, Horton Professor of Management for the Drucker School of Management, at Claremont Graduate University, discusses Peter Drucker’s contributions to the ServiceMaster Foundation and its spread to China in the form of...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Cartoons & Comics; Social security; Retirement; Computers; Feminism; Smallpox vaccine
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge and knowledge workers he begins by circulating a liberal cartoon that was printed in the "Los Angles Times" and explains to the class that the comic will be their textbook for the class because...
Art, Asian; Art, Japanese; Bennington College; Business consultants; Business, culture and change; College teaching; Consulting contracts United States; Education, Higher; Harvard University; Management Japan; Landscape painting, Japanese; Oral...
Edited draft, copy of the oral history transcript of Peter Drucker’s interview. Peter Drucker discusses his first teaching job in the United States and his teaching technique. He further details how he became involved in business consulting in...
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...
David J. Teece updates Peter Drucker on the student's progress at St. Petersburg State University including an annual ceremony to award the "Drucker Prize," and the launching of a student journal.
Irving L. "Bud" Leiber, a certified public accountant, writes, "To my friends in the public accounting profession" and states that Drucker taught him that the mission of the public accountant was to help clients become better managers.
Shirley Herold, administrative assistant to the president of BNA Communications Inc., writes Janis Bragan Balda, attorney for the Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center, listing the four video series that have been produced with Drucker. ...
