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,...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Supervisors, Industrial; Quality circles; Quality control; Line and staff organization; Letters
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper informing him that the records that are hereunder summarized regarding SEI's (Sumitomo Electric Industries) receipt of the Deming prize in 1962 was sent to Mr. Nagasaki's office...
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...
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...
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...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper about Mr. Wake, of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and how he became interested in QC after reading a work by W. A. Shewhart. Inoue explains that the...
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.
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Interpersonal relations; Factories; Supervisors, Industrial; AT & T; Management; Lectures and lecturing; Quality circles; Quality control
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he is replying to Hopper's letter of June 11th. He responds to one of Hopper's questions by saying that Japanese human relations have not changed substantially since...
Junji Noguchi, the general manager of the Union of Japanese Scientists & Engineers (JUSE), writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper, saying that Sumitomo Electric received the Deming prize in 1962. He says that the registration of Sumitomo Electric's QC circle...
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...
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...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he received his February 6th letter. He says that he agrees with Hopper's footnote on page 1 of Material 1, but suggests adding that foremen were trained with only...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Kondō, Y. (Yoshio), 1924-; Quality circles; Quality control
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he will have to see his old colleagues to ask for help to awaken his memory of half a century before to answer Hopper's questions. He replies to Hopper's question...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him. He shares that he sent off the last pages of his article to Nikkei Business and that it will appear on November 15. Hopper says that he arranged to meet Yoshio...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he has received his letters of May 15th and 16th. He responds to Hopper's questions by saying that when he entered SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) in 1930,...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he is enclosing his opinions and corrections for the "Interview" that Miss Nomura translated into English. He reports that he talked to Mr. Sakamoto and shares...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Japan; Travel; Sumitomo Group; Lectures and lecturing; Authorship; Management; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; University of Michigan;...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he visited Mr. S. Nagasaki and showed him his album of Japan. Hopper says he has given two lectures on his visit to Japan and that he may be able to publish one...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Interviews; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Quality circles; Quality control; Letters; Management; Authorship; Lectures and lecturing; Dunlop Rubber Company
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper with an additional comment for his opinions and corrections pages for the "Interview." He adds that Peter Drucker's saying that the plan of the job should also be made by workers...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Business enterprises; Executives; Historians; Lectures and lecturing; Japan; Banks and banking; Quality circles; Quality control
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that American companies are using historians to record the stories of individual executives. He asks Inoue about his 500 lectures and if they were about the CCS (Civil...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Quality circles; Quality control; Management; Toyota Jidōsha Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Interpersonal relations; Banks and banking; Business enterprises
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he has enclosed an article detailing some of the problems QC Circles are meeting in the United States. He says Toyota is being pressured to establish manufacturing...
