A Christmas and New Year's card for Papa-san from Yaeko Ishikawa. A letter addressed to Papa-san from Ishikawa is included in the card. In the letter, Ishikawa thanks him for the Christmas present and says that she is presenting him with a little...
Letters; Learning; Lectures and lecturing; Japan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Harvard University; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Travel;...
A letter from an unnamed author expressing gratitude for the information he learned the previous year. He writes that the kind and thoughtful talking, along with the atmosphere of the office, made the author feel as though he had been in America. ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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-; Letters; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he has read, with great interest, the letters addressed to and from Dr. Drucker. Inoue shares that when he entered Sumitomo Electric in 1930, Mr. Takeo Kato had been a...
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...
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 saying that he is very pleased that Hopper's article "Creating the New Japanese Management" is going well. He says that he has been busy so his comments on Hopper's interview...
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; 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 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...
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...
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...
Charles Protzman writes Masao thanking him for the magnificent reception that was accorded to him on his arrival in Tokyo. He shares that it has been a true joy to work with and serve Japan and its people. He goes on to say that his entire trip...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Magazines; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Translations; Management; Books; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Communication; Western Electric Company
Charles Protzman writes Mr. Inoue saying that his letter to Mr. Hopper was most interesting. He shares that Mr. Hopper first contacted him in 1978 when he was working on a concept for a book comparing management structures in the United States,...
Letters; Photographs; Gifts; Industries; Japan; Management; Progress; Production engineering; Consulting
Charles W. Protzman writes Mr. Isao Watanabe, of the Federation of Japan Electric Communication Industrial Associations, thanking him for his letter, gift, and picture commemorating their management study group. He shares that it is almost...
