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...
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.
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...
At the delight of Paul Albrecht, the Executive Vice President and Executive Dean at Claremont Graduate School, Drucker has agreed to have the Graduate Management Center bear his name. Contains Albrecht's original signature.
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...
Employees Recruiting; McKinsey and Company; Letters
After hearing that Claremont Graduate School will name its new center after Drucker, Marvin Bower of McKinsey & Company, Inc. discusses exploring the center as a possible recruiting place and congratulates him for his honor. Contains Bower's...
Yang Anxian, the Director and senior engineer for the Bureau of Science and Technology Policy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences describes her management training in the 1980's where she had the first opportunity to read Drucker's books and goes on...
Elizabeth Coleman, president of Bennington College, informs Drucker that a grant from the LLWW Foundation has enabled the establishment of The Peter Drucker Fund for Educational Excellence and Innovation at Bennington College to promote imagination...
Control Data Corporation; Nonprofit organizations; Mission statements; Letters
James C. Worthy has enclosed a copy of the preliminary draft of the mission statement for the National Center or Public/Private Initiatives. The purpose of this organization is to encourage a for-profit approach to social needs and will use the...
Boschee, Jerr; Nonprofit organizations; Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management; Social entrepreneurship; Letters
Francis Hesselbein states the inception of the Alpha Center began with Peter Drucker and a small group of corporations that have provided management assistance, training and other services to entrepreneurs in the human services. Hesselbein further...
Letters; University of Minnesota; Control Data Corporation
James Worthy discusses his work with the William C. Norris Institute and states that this organization is now affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Peter Drucker type written response appears in the same letter and Drucker inquires about the...
Gratitude; Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Gold, Bela
Bela Gold, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Technology and Management at the Claremont Graduate School, shares his thoughts about Peter Drucker. Handwritten letter by Gold.
Letters; Lecture method in teaching; Gold, Bela; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005
Bela Gold, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Technology and Management at the Claremont Graduate School, shares his thoughts about Peter Drucker's lectures. Original handwritten letter contains Gold's signature.
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.
Gale D. Merseth, dean and professor of management at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center thanks Drucker for the many ways he supports the center. Contains Merseth's original signature.
Craig D. Pedersen, executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board tells Drucker that his work strongly guides the board's approach to organizational leadership and management. Contains Pedersen's original signature.
