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...
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,...
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-; Health; Death
K. Yokose, chairman of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper, on behalf of the addressee of Hopper's 1988 March 29 letter, informing him that Mr. B. Inoue passed away on 1988 March 20. Yokose says that Inoue's death is a...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Wall Street journal; Japan
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper talking about the delivery of their letters to each other. Inoue shares that he noticed a great difference between American management and Japanese management after reading a...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Health; Management; Tsurumi, Yoshi; Authorship; University of Michigan; Newspapers
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that his letter of March 10th made him aware of Hopper's process to complete the documents on American and Japanese management while ill. Inoue says he looks forward to...
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...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper saying that he received a letter from Mr. Sarasohn which requested that Inoue be the first speaker at the IBM Japan Management conference. Inoue shares that JIVTA (Japanese...
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...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that detailed materials of a matter discussed in Hopper's May 6th letter have been kept at Osaka Works of SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries). To answer Hopper's questions...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper with the thoughts that crossed his mind from reading Hopper's essay published in the 1979 December 9 edition of the Japan Times. Inoue shares that the Japanese remain far more...
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...
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; Songs; Music; Newspapers; Management; Books; Matsushita, Kōnosuke, 1894-1989; Nakane, Chie, 1926-; Line and staff organization; Business enterprises; Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōgyō Kabushiki...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper thanking him for a cassette tape that includes a song by Ronald Duncan. He says that Japanese newspapers inform him that groups from America and European countries are increasing...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he was unable to locate any noteworthy materials in his records concerning activities of SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) foremen and shop floor workers during the...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper apologizing for a delay in answering Hopper. Inoue says that he wishes to inform him that the picture attached is acceptable and that he wishes that a sentence be changed. ...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. Kenneth Hopper, saying that Hopper's article will be inserted into the October issue of the JIVTA (Japanese Industrial and Vocational Training Association) monthly issue. Inoue shares that...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Quality circles; Quality control; Management; University of Michigan; Periodicals
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him for looking further into the records of early QC Circles in SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) and asks what proportion of workers took part in them in 1962 and...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Management; Ouchi, William G.; Books; Authorship
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he eagerly wants to know the contents of Dr. Drucker's letter which reached Hopper recently. Inoue goes on to say that he has learned that William G. Ouchi's book,...
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...
