Counselor and client; Management consultants; Management consulting; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Letters
Drucker outlines his policies regarding his contractual relationship with clients to James Worthy of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Handwritten note on letter.
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; 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; Influence (Psychology); Association of Management Consulting Firms; Anniversaries; Interviews
Betsy Kovacs, president and CEO of the Association of Management Consulting Firms, writes Peter Drucker saying that the association would be honored if Drucker could participate in a videotape interview for the associations' 75th anniversary.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Books; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; Television
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker with some editing proposals on "On Management." He adds that an NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai) program will be broadcast with the subtitle, "Challenging the Age of Discontinuity -- Peter F. Drucker." The letter...
Letters; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Authorship; Books; Translations; Titles of books; Publishers and publishing; Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; Elections; Manuscripts
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker sharing with him the series titles and subtitles of of the Japanese versions of Drucker's works. He informs Drucker that because of the elections of the House of Representatives, NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai) was...
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Supervisors; Executives; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Decision making; Problem solving; Time management; Meetings; Artisans; Tools;...
This is a recording of Drucker discussing the best ways to handle a universal problem, the boss. Drucker explains that bosses are individuals too, and situations need to be handled accordingly. For example some people prefer to listen while others...
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.
After creating a synthesis of Drucker's ideas, practices and principles, Cass Canfield, Jr. of HarperCollins, suggests selling the synthesis on audio cassettes and in paperback as an introduction to Drucker's management ideas and philosophy.
Andrew G. Balbus, senior vice president of corporate finance for James Capel Incorporated, writes to Frances Hessselbein, president of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation, commenting on Drucker's quotes found in a Brazilian magazine. Contains...
Business; Business Japan; Letters; China; Economy and society; Europe; Manual workers; Nonprofit organizations; Teacher-student relationships; United States - Politics and government
Frances Hesselbein of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management faxes a copy of Drucker's remarks on "The New Priorities" that was presented to the Economic Club of Washington on November 14, 1991. Contains handwritten note.
Books; South America; Teacher-student relationships
Lawrence Tollenare shares the background of the books in his library, his academic career, and his introduction to Drucker while promoting large pipeline projects in South America.