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...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Greenwich Research Associates; Meetings; Consultants; Consulting firms; Smith, Rodger F.; Research
Allan F. Munro, executive vice president of Greenwich Research Associates, writes Peter Drucker reflecting on the meeting with him. The letter contains notations.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; De Kluyver, Cornelis A.; Claremont Graduate University; Teaching; Universities and colleges; Fund raising; Lectures and lecturing; Scheduling; Archives; Endowments; Executives; College...
Cornelis A. "Kees" de Kluyver, the Henry Y. Hwang Dean and Professor of Management at Claremont Graduate University, writes Peter Drucker discussing Drucker's teaching for the next year, a proposal for ongoing administrative support following the...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Interviews; Magazines; Employment (Economic theory); Maciariello, Joseph A.; College teachers; Authorship; Competition; Small business; Quotations
Donald Tilley, of IntegraVox, LLC, and a Drucker Center alumnus, writes Peter Drucker saying that he wanted to follow up with him after reading Drucker's December interview in Fortune magazine on the structure of the United States economy. He asks...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Authorship; Magazines; Books; Influence (Psychology); Family-owned business enterprises; Meetings; Decentralization in management; Performance; Consultants
Martin D. Davidson, president of Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc., writes Peter Drucker stating his belief that Drucker is the best authority on the management of a business. He explains that this was confirmed after meeting with James...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ellis, Charles D.; Smith, Rodger F.; Meetings; Art, Japanese; Consultants; Consulting firms; Research; Greenwich Research Associates; Banks and banking; Quality control; McKinsey and Company
Peter Drucker writes Charles D. Ellis, Allan Munro, John Rudy, and Rodger Smith, of Greenwich Research Associates, with a summation of the main topics discussed during their meeting. The letter contains notations.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Itō, Masatoshi, 1924-; Japan; Demography; Emigration and immigration; Population; Banks and banking; Saving and investment; China; Peasant uprisings; Iraq; Fish culture; Petroleum
Peter Drucker writes Masatoshi Ito, founder and honorary chairman of the Ito Yokado Group, with his thoughts on the main developments that will shape Japan and the world of 2010. He discusses demographics, commercial banking, China, mid-eastern...
Sidney E. Harris, former dean of the Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center, reflects on Drucker's mentorship and how it influenced his growth as a leader. Contains Harris' original signature.
Interviews; Management; General Motors Corporation; Decentralization in management; Labor unions; Management Japan; Welch, Jack, 1935-; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Luce, Henry, III, 1925-2005; Periodicals
Peter Drucker discusses in detail his life experience and work in management, with particular emphasis on his writings. In this interview, he talks about his work with General Motors and the conclusions about decentralization, human labor, and...
Bachmann, John W.; Management; Oral biography; Porter, Michael E., 1947-
John Bachmann, Managing Partner of Edward Jones, discusses his interaction with Peter Drucker and how Drucker helped his management team. Bachmann considers Drucker the most important source when it comes to the subject of management.
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Education; Social mobility; Occupational mobility
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge and knowledge workers he begins by discussing how the 20th century will be remembered not for its developments in technology but rather for the introduction of knowledge workers. He then explains...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Cartoons & Comics; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Learning
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge and knowledge workers he begins by discussing a comic strip that he handed out to the class during a previous lecture. He then explains how in pre-World War II Japan it was considered subversive...
International Academy of Management; Meetings; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Meyerson, Martin; Sponsored videos; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Nonprofit organizations; Europe; Knowledge and learning
This meeting of the International Academy of Management begins with a video created by Toyota in honor of Peter Drucker's 90th birthday. After watching the video, Martin Meyerson, co-chair of the session, talks about Drucker, particularly his...
Memorandum; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ellis, Charles D.; Smith, Rodger F.; Consultants; Consulting firms; Research; Greenwich Research Associates
John P. Rudy writes a memorandum to Charles Ellis, Allan Munro, and Rodger Smith, discussing the two topics that should be given priority attention, and a third agenda item for continuing reflection, based upon their session with Peter Drucker.
Memorandum; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Greenwich Research Associates; Meetings; Smith, Rodger F.; Consultants; Consulting firms; Research
RFS writes a memorandum to AFM summarizing the key ideas he took away from his meeting with Peter Drucker. RFS probably refers to Rodger F. Smith and AFM probably refers to Allan F. Munro. The letter contains notations.
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...
Manuscript preparation (Authorship); Authors and publishers--England; Authors and publishers--Germany; Urwick, Lyndall F. (Lyndall Fownes), 1891-1983; Letters
Drucker suggests that the best way to get James Worthy's book published in England is through the support of a British organization. Contains Drucker's original signature.
Personal health; Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management; Political campaigns; Letters
Drucker is delighted to hear that James Worthy's operation was successful and states his own health issues. He also mentions he would like to know how Worthy's daughter, Joan, is doing in her election campaign and lets Worthy know the board of his...
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...
Brendan Calder, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at the Joseph I. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, thanks Drucker for his presentation and writes that a scholarship called the Peter F....
