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...
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...
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...
Authorship; Lectures and lecturing; Speeches, addresses, etc.
Drucker is the 28th lecturer in The Claremont Colleges Annual Lecture Series. In his published informal talks, "Why We Are Not Making Much Progress," Drucker identifies three major misunderstandings of environmental advocates and problems...
Lectures and lecturing; Management; Monopolies; Economists; Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896; Dynamite; Nobel prizes - History; Telephone History; Hosiery, Nylon; Nylon; Rayon; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; Education; Sony Corporation; Human...
During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the change leader he begins by talking about exploiting success. He then shares with the class four different stories and then asks his students to think about how the companies and people in the stories...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Nightly business report (Television program); Anniversaries; College teachers; Wharton School; Influence (Psychology)
Linda O'Bryon, senior vice president and executive editor of the Nightly Business Report (NBR), writes Peter Drucker saying that she has enclosed a copy of the Nightly Business Report's special broadcast of "The 25 Most Influential Business Persons...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Publishers and publishing; Books; Authorship; Bookstores; Japan; Postcards; Universities and colleges; Translations
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker thanking him for his August 25th letter with a copy of the contract with a Korean publisher. Ueda talks about the success of "On Individuals" in Japanese bookstores and shares the story of a man pouring over "The...
Von Bernuth, Robert D.; Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Birthdays; Claremont Graduate School; College teaching; College students; Leadership
R. D. (Bob) von Bernuth, the director of the School of Planning, Design, and Construction, at Michigan State University, writes Peter Drucker congratulating him on the occasion of his 95th birthday. He recalls an incident he had as a student in...
Buford, Bob; Business, culture and change; Leader to Leader Institute; Oral biography; Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management
Bob Buford, the Chairman of the Buford Foundation and member of Board of Directors of the Peter F. Drucker Archive and Institute, discusses how Drucker personally affected his life and career.
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...
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-; Manuscripts; Japan; Bankruptcy
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker with remarks regarding his manuscripts. Drucker's responses to Ueda are handwritten on the letter. The letter contains an edit.
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Kimizuka, Yoshirō, 1921-; Japan; Economy and society; Management; General Motors Corporation; Economic development; Capitalism; Banks and banking; Letters; Books; Depreciation; Saving and investment;...
A reprint of the Report of Denkitsushin University, volume 16; 1965, entitled, "The Question of Profit: to be or not to be" by Yoshirō Kimizuka. Major contents include: letters to and from Drucker related to the title, and a brief analysis of the...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Kimizuka, Yoshirō, 1921-; Management; Authorship; Responsibility; Travel; Kosiol, Erich, 1899-; Liberman, E. G. (Evseĭ Grigor'evich); Soviet Union
The commentary on the copies of documents which were part of Yoshirō Kimizuka's speech delivered at the annual meeting of the Accounting Theory Association on October, 22, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan.
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Kimizuka, Yoshirō, 1921-; Profit; General Motors Corporation; Taxation; Corporations; Wages; Executives; Employee stock options; Liberman, E. G. (Evseĭ Grigor'evich); Soviet Union; Charts,...
The 1966 volume 20 reprint of the report of Denkitsushin University entitled, "Judge Not" by Yoshirō Kimizuka and Peter Drucker. It includes a review by E. Liberman. The reprint contains an original "CGU Admissions" stamp.
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.
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Research; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Quotations; Japan
Jewelle Yamada, department director of corporate communications for Sumitomo Corporation of America, writes Ms. Acree asking if a quote is attributed to Peter Drucker. Drucker's original handwritten answer is written on the email.
Letters; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Authorship; Books; Translations; UNIQLO (Firm); Brand name products; Universities and colleges; China
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker saying that three copies of the draft of volume 3 is reaching him by airmail. He asks that Drucker add, delete, and change items he finds necessary. Ueda goes on to talk about the company "Uniqlo" and its factories...
Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Ueda, Atsuo, 1938-; Authorship; Books; Translations; Publishers and publishing; Manuscripts; Keizai Kōhō Sentā (Tokyo, Japan); Universities and colleges; Nihon Keizai Dantai Rengōkai
Atsuo Ueda writes Peter Drucker explaining his book translation process. He goes on to discuss raising money for a new college and the difference in Japanese book structure versus the way Drucker structures his books. In the postscript, he talks...
