Engineering; Engineers; Education; Universities and colleges; College students; College teachers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi; Technology; Scientists; Industries; Research; Laboratories; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers;...
The appendices and exhibits from the report of the engineering education mission to Japan, 1951 July 5 to August 26. It consists of: Appendix A: Institute for Engineering Education; Appendix B: Program of the Mission on Engineering Education;...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Travel; Japan; Business enterprises; Industries; Management; Factories; Executives; Great Britain; United States; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Authorship; Japan times;...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Bunzaemon Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him and the companies with which he is associated, for organizing Hopper's visit to Japan. Hopper shares his belief that when a society becomes successful...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telecommunication; Universities and colleges; Telephone; Social classes; College students; Lectures and lecturing; Engineers; College teachers; Research; Letters
Frank Polkinghorn's talk on the improvement of telecommunications engineering education in Japan and the relationship between social education and the practice of engineering. It includes an excerpt from a 1957 letter by a distinguished Japanese...
Frank Polkinghorn's remarks on engineering economics in which he discusses principles and terms such as: capital, depreciation, maintenance, taxes, operation, annual charges, accounting, and cost studies.
Telecommunication; Industrial management; Engineers; Radar; Ionosphere; Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (U.S.); Armed Forces - Officers
Frank Polkinghorn's briefing to Generals Church and Danforth on the Research and Development Division's objective to see that the necessary telecommunications knowledge, equipment and systems are available when needed for the expansion or...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Quality circles; Quality control; Production management; George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.); Factories; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., asking him if he has further details or recollections of Sumitomo Electric's work with QC Circles in 1962. Hopper shares that his project to learn about production management...
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-; 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-; 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-; Industries; Letters; Factories; Management; Authorship; Japan times; Lectures and lecturing; Sailing ships; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Shakers
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Isamu Sakamoto, chairman of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., thanking him for his support during his recent tour of Japanese industry. He reports that he has written an article for the Japan Times from comments made to...
Kenneth Hopper provides the background and context of his correspondence with distinguished Japanese industrialist, Bunzaemon Inoue. He writes that Inoue sent him about 60 letters answering questions on the improvements he saw or personally...
Telecommunication; Engineers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telephone systems; Telephone; Business enterprises; Census; College students
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to undergraduate engineers on the various aspects of the communication system in Japan and the telephone system in the United States.
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to the scientists of the second United States scientific mission to Japan delivered at the Dai Ichi Building on 1948 November 29. The talk covers topics such as: the Ministry of Communications, private research...
Communication; Engineers; Engineering; Japan; Telephone; United States; Wood poles; Research; Profit; Telephone systems; Telegraph; Business enterprises; Census; College students
A reprint of Frank Polkinghorn's work from the volume 38, number 10, October 1950 issue of the Electrical Review (Denki Hyoron) titled, "A Talk to Future Communications Engineers." Frank Polkinghorn, director of the Research & Development...
Letters; Western Electric Company; Foster, A. G.; Cables, Submarine; AT & T; Business enterprises; Employees - Training of; Standard Telephones and Cables (London, England)
A. G. Foster, superintendent of supplies inspection at Western Electric Company, writes Mr. C. W. Protzman regarding the Submarine Cable Project at overseas locations. He informs Protzman that under present conditions, it is unlikely that an...
Writing; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Japan; Industrial management; Travel
Kenneth Hopper's letter regarding his article entitled, "Creating Japan's New Industrial Management." He writes that he is very grateful to the individuals who assisted him on the project. Hopper explains that he was not able to see the final...
