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; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Buford, Bob; Church; Leadership; Medical care; American Management Association; Clergy; Professional employees; Volunteers; Quality control
Peter Drucker writes Bob Buford, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer, of Buford Television, Inc., summing up the day they shared discussing the creation of a new mode by Evangelicals. The letter contains edits.
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...
Stahl, Friedrich Julius, 1802-1861; Conservatism; Germany; Religion; Philosophy
The English translation of Peter Drucker's monograph, "Friedrich Julius Stahl Konservative Staatslehre und Geschichtliche Entwicklung," by Martin Chalmers.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Bachmann, John W.; Meetings; Books; Edward D. Jones & Co.; Stockholders; Success
Peter Drucker writes John W. Bachmann, managing partner of Edward D. Jones & Company, saying that he hopes to pull together the main themes of their day on February 12, and the main themes in the comments and personal objectives of the the partners...
Congresses and conventions; Letters; Gratitude; Influence (Psychology)
Shirley Wilkins, of An Intelligent Word, a secretarial service, writes Drucker telling him what a privilege it has been transcribing tapes of a leadership/management conference he attended as a guest speaker. She goes on to write that she will try...
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...
Interviews; Letters; Church; Management; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Priests; Nonprofit organizations; Ordination of women; Leadership; Audiocassettes; Advisory boards; Buford, Bob; Voluntarism
Dolly Patterson, director of communications of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, writes Sidney E. Harris, dean of the Peter Drucker Graduate Management Center saying that she is sending him interview materials. A special issue number...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Pontiac automobile; General Motors Company; General Electric Company; Sears, Roebuck and Company
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the effective manager he begins by discussing his work with General Motors Company and Pontiac during the post-World War II period. He describes the contrasting cultures of Pontiac and GMC, tracing them...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Linguistics; Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990; Cities; Teams in the workplace
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge work and knowledge workers he begins by warning his students of the dangers of describing themselves by using generalities and platitudes and instead advises them to learn to know themselves. He...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Tables of contents; Books; Authorship; Management; Strategy; Leadership; Creative ability; Teams in the workplace; Technology; Knowledge workers
Peter Drucker writes Atsuo Ueda, of the Keizai Koho Center, saying that he is sending him parts of "Management Challenges for the 21st Century." The letter contains edits.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Hesselbein, Frances; Claremont Graduate School; Nonprofit organizations; Careers; National Executive Service Corps; Buford, Bob; Schubert, Richard F.; American Management Association
David A. Jones, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Humana, writes Tamara Keefe-Do, saying that he has enclosed a letter dated 1990 October 26 from Peter Drucker discussing concentration areas of his foundation. Jones' letter is handwritten and...
Letters; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Books; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Retirement; Nihon Keizai Dantai Rengōkai; Keizai Kōhō Sentā (Tokyo, Japan); Toyoda, Shōichirō, 1925-; Insurance;...
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker discussing the projects he is working on and says that he will be retiring from Keidanren. Ueda explains the establishment of The Foundation for the Promotion of Crafts & Technology and his work at the foundation. ...
Letters; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Books; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Retirement; Nihon Keizai Dantai Rengōkai; Keizai Kōhō Sentā (Tokyo, Japan); Toyoda, Shōichirō, 1925-; Insurance;...
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker discussing the projects he is working on and says that he will be retiring from Keidanren. Ueda explains the establishment of The Foundation for the Promotion of Crafts & Technology and his work at the foundation. ...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Manuscripts; Authorship; Books; Publishers and publishing; Lectures and lecturing; Wall Street journal; Entrepreneurs; Interviews; Magazines
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker saying that he met Ms. Mieko Ihara at a lecture meeting to commemorate the publication of the four "Drucker Sayings." He informs Drucker that a Korean Japanese restaurant owner who is now an enthusiastic Druckerian,...
Principle (Philosophy); Public relations; Responsibility; Sears, Roebuck and Company
Rough first draft sent to James Worthy from Drucker outlining the responsibilites, guiding principles, and the contributions Sears, Roebuck and Company can expect from the Public Relations Department.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Upham, Steadman; Claremont Graduate University; Special events; Congresses and conventions; Leadership; Executives; Chief executive officers; Welch, Jack, 1935-; Lipman-Blumen, Jean
Steadman Upham, president of Claremont Graduate University, and Peter Drucker, write John F. Welch of Jack Welch, LLC, asking if Welch would serve as a co-host with Professor Jean Lipman-Blumen at an invitational symposium designed to provide...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Upham, Steadman; Claremont Graduate University; Special events; Congresses and conventions; Leadership; Executives; Chief executive officers; Wriston, Walter B.; Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Steadman Upham, president of Claremont Graduate University, and Peter Drucker, write Mr. Walter Wriston, retired chairman and CEO of Citibank, asking if Wriston would serve as a co-host with Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at an invitational...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Upham, Steadman; Claremont Graduate University; Special events; Congresses and conventions; Leadership; Executives; Chief executive officers; Lafley, A. G. (Alan G.); Lipman-Blumen, Jean
Steadman Upham, president of Claremont Graduate University, and Peter Drucker, write Mr. A. G. Lafley, chairman and CEO of The Procter and Gamble Company, asking if Lafley would serve as a co-host with Professor Jean Lipman-Blumen at an...
