The materials from a 1980 September 18 letter from Mr. B. Inoue with information regarding Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) and the Deming prize. Inoue discusses SEI and its utilization of quality control and the role of foremen to the...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Quality control; Executives; Business enterprises; Lectures and lecturing; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008;...
The information accompanying Mr. Inoue's letter of 1980 November 7. Written in third person, Inoue addresses questions from Kenneth Hopper. He explains that during the CCS (Civil Communications Section) seminars, SCAP gave strict orders asking...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Management; World War II; Japan; Industrial management; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001;...
Kenneth Hopper's article from the September 1985 issue of Quality Progress discussing Japan's new industrial management based on Japanese traditions and American ideals from practicing American industrial managers.
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Tsurumi, Yoshi; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Books; Authorship; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Lectures and lecturing; Juran,...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, with questions about Dr. Deming's influence on Japanese industry for a book chapter. Hopper also says that Mr. Nagasaki will be returning to Japan in the spring and has asked...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Lectures and lecturing; Executives; Business enterprises; Quality control; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he received his letter of April 22nd. Inoue responds to one of Hopper's questions by saying that Inoue, Mr. Kato, and several other attendants lectured on the contents...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Management; Factories; World War II; Production (Economic theory); Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Time study; Motion study; Line and staff...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper, saying that most of the SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) factories were destroyed by bombs during World War II and discusses why he believes the Japanese lost the war with the...
American Society for Quality Control; Associations, institutions, etc.; Golomski, William A., 1924-; Associations, institutions, etc. - Membership
A certificate from the American Society for Quality Control certifying Charles William Protzman, Sr. as a quality engineer. The certificate is dated December 1, 1966.
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Japan; Factories; Interpersonal relations; Management; Industries; Authorship; Books; University of Michigan; Executives; Kondō, Y. (Yoshio), 1924-; Supervisors, Industrial; Sumitomo Denki...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that Mr. S. Nagasaki has been very kind in translating two of Inoue's articles for him and sharing in discussion. He requests that Inoue write about his experience...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. J. Noguchi, the general manager of the Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), saying that it was kind of Noguchi to send him information on Sumitomo Electric's introduction of QC circle methods in the 1960s and...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper listing the letters he received from him. Inoue discusses bottom-up and top-down management in Japan. He shares that when he first became president of Sumitomo Rubber Industries,...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Sumitomo Group; Itineraries; Books; Authorship; Business enterprises; Industries; Japan; Management; American Productivity Center; Periodicals; Résumés (Employment); Hopper, W. J. (William...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him and the Sumitomo company. Hopper says his book on good American companies and Japanese industry is in an advanced stage. He says Japanese managers are engaging...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Authorship; Associations, institutions, etc.; Japan; Health; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Management; Quality control; Nakane, Chie, 1926-; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.),...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he is sending a few more questions for his article. Hopper asks Inoue to comment on questions regarding the CCS (Civil Communications Section) and leadership. ...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper replying to his June 11th letter. He discusses the development of human relations and the beginning of a "job improvement prize system for workers" in 1947 by SEI (Sumitomo...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Periodicals; American Society for Quality Control Engineers; Quality control; Japan; Harvard Business School; Archives; Weather; Western Electric Company; Trevor, Malcolm, 1932-
A letter to Mr. Inoue by an unnamed correspondent. The unnamed correspondent writes that it was quite a surprise when Mr. Hopper had him get in touch with the editor of Quality Progress last summer to discuss an article on his work from 1948 to...
Letters; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Writing; Authorship; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Quality control; Management; Magazines
Charles W. Protzman, Sr. writes Kenneth saying that in the accompanying Quality Progress for December 1978, there are articles by J. M. Juran. Protzman writes that Kenneth may find suggestions that policy resulted, in part, from the programs...
Diaries; Autobiography; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Industrial management; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan); Telecommunication; Communication; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Management;...
The diary and memoirs of Frank Polkinghorn's two years in Japan as director of the Research and Development Division of the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP). It consists of: the Preface; Chapter 1:...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Japan; Industrial management; World War II; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Engineers; Western Electric Company; Management; Tōkyō Daigaku; Executives; Manufacturing industries;...
This is an article written by Kenneth Hopper for Human Resource Management in 1982. He writes about Japanese management techniques and the involvement and contribution of the engineers of the Civil Communication Section to Japanese success after...
A memorandum for record of the proposal for a management training course for the communications manufacturing industry. It lists the three fundamental units essential for the establishment and continuous success and growth of the Japanese...
Interviews; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Tribus, Myron; World War II; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Radar; Radar transmitters; Radio; Radio Receivers and reception; Japanese...
Myron Tribus interviews Homer Sarasohn in Arizona. Sarasohn says he was in the paratroops during World War II and worked at the radiation lab at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) developing search radar. He talks about his first jobs...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Meetings; Executives; Lŏkk'i Kŭmsŏng (Firm : Korea); Health; Management; American Society for Quality Control
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that Mr. K. S. Baek, of the Lucky-Goldstar Group in Seoul, Korea, has been interested in Hopper's work and in the history of post-war Japanese management. He reports...