A draft of Kenneth Hopper's letter to Mr. Isamu Sakamoto, chairman of the board of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., discussing Mr. Inoue's contributions to Japanese industrial management. Hopper asks Sakamoto if he could summarize Inoue's...
A letter addressed to Mr. Inoue from Charles. Charles writes that he was very pleased to get Inoue's letter dated June 8, 1979 and is sorry to hear that Inoue has been ill. Charles says that it is a great delight to see how the OCC has been...
Letters; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Kobayashi, Kōji, 1907-; Factories; Japan; Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha; Lectures and lecturing; Western Electric Company
A letter written to Ken by an unnamed correspondent. The unnamed correspondent says that he tried to recall if K. Kobayashi attended the first Tokyo session, but says that his memory is not that accurate. The unnamed correspondent shares that...
A list of attendants for Mr. C. W. Protzman's welcome party on May 14th, 1967 at the Hotel Osaka Grand in Osaka, Japan. The list contains original handwritten notations. The list is taped to a lined piece of paper.
Writing; Authorship; Japan; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Telecommunication; Management; Quality control; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Ōsaka Nōritsu Kyōkai; Fujitsū Kabushiki Kaisha;...
An article from News & Views on Charles Protzman, Sr.'s visit to Japan. The article discusses Protzman's visits with old friends and executives. Protzman comments on the changes he sees from his factory visits and Japan tour. The articles...
Kawashima, Ryōichi, 1923-; Yamaki, Naomi; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Executives; Business enterprises; Congresses and conventions; Western Electric Company; Autographs; Anniversaries; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Shionogi Seiyaku...
An autographed list of who's who at the first anniversary party of the CCS (Civil Communications Section) Management Conference held on 1951 January 24. The continuous vertical list was photographed and converted into tif files using Adobe...
B. Inoue of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, Sr. saying that he attended the reception for the anniversary of the founding of O.C.C. He explains that he could not take care of Mr. and Mrs. Hopper because of illness. ...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Management; Japan; Anniversaries; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Newspapers; Magazines; Telephone; Telephone companies; AT & T
B. Inoue writes Mr. Protzman thanking him for his letter dated November 7th. He informs Protzman that J.I.V.T.A. (Japanese Industrial and Vocational Training Association) is going to be celebrating its foundation's 30th anniversary in 1985 and...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Industrial management; Authorship; University of Michigan; Human capital; Translations; Magazines
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Charles W. Protzman, Sr., saying that he thinks Protzman will read his letter to Mr. Hopper with much interest. He says that recently, however, all the Japanese industrial people do not have...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Kenneth Hopper saying that his itinerary has slightly changed due to Hopper's visiting purposes becoming more clear. He informs Hopper that he has requested Mr. Yamashita to establish his...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Kenneth Hopper thanking him for his letter dated August 26th, together with a copy of Professor Chandler's letter. He says that it was decided that Hopper's article will be inserted in the...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, Sr., saying that he has recently received a letter from Mr. Hopper, with whom he has been exchanging letters since Protzman introduced Hopper to him. He reports that Hopper...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Travel; Japan; Management; Industries; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Forums (Discussion and debate); Industrial management; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Sumitomo Gomu...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, Sr., saying that he recently received a letter from Mr. Hopper, with whom he has been exchanging letters since Protzman introduced Hopper to him. He reports that Hopper...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, Sr., thanking him for his letter dated March 15th with his picture. He informs him that he received a copy of Mr. Hopper's article and says he is pleased that Mr. Hopper has...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper apologizing for not replying to him earlier. He says that he has some comments that he would like to give about Hopper's Japan Times article dated 1979 December 9. In the...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper informing him of the location of the detailed records of the start of QC circles of SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) in Japan in 1962. He says that his achievement on management...
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...
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,...
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...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper replying to Hopper's questions regarding the Tokyo seminar and Osaka seminar dates. Inoue says that General Back, the director of the CCS (Civil Communications Section) came to...
