Japan; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Lectures and lecturing; Learning; Education; College students; College teachers; Engineers; Industrial management
Frank Polkinghorn writes about his time in Japan during the allied occupation. He shares his observation of the Japanese educational system and how it impeded on the occupation's policy to push the Japanese toward self-support. The document is in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Management; Business enterprises; Hindle, Brooke; Authorship; University of Michigan; Kondō, Y. (Yoshio), 1924-; Asian Productivity Organization; Library of Congress; Quality control;...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he was very aided by Inoue's suggestion that Hopper not try to compare the contributions of individuals to the new Japanese management. Hopper shares that Dr....
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., presenting him with the words of Ron Duncan's song. Hopper says that opportunity came to Japanese managers in the post-war years to improve management and that they did not...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue saying that he is enclosing the words of two more songs by Ronald Duncan. He shares that he heard Duncan sing about ten years ago and was impressed over his concern for quality. Hopper writes that he believes...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he is sending a publication. He shares that Mr. Kato paid Inoue a short tribute during an interview. Hopper also talks about his illness in recent months. Mr....
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he was saddened to learn about Mr. Kato's death. Hopper shares that after an introduction by Dr. Drucker, he learned that Mr. Kato had served an apprenticeship...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that Professor Yoshi Tsurumi is editing a book on Dr. Deming that will be published in Japan. He shares that Tsurumi would like Hopper to write the chapter on the...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Letters; Health; Authorship; Books; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Ōmae, Ken'ichi, 1943-; McKinsey and Company; Management; Wall Street journal
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him for his letters. He says that the opportunity to write a chapter with Dr. Deming is a very good way to present his and Inoue's information. Hopper shares that...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying he is both grateful and overwhelmed at the amount of work Inoue and Mr. Takezawa have put into their answer. He shares that Professor Tsurumi regards such letters and...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. I. Sakamoto, chairman of the board of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., saying that his comments on Mr. Inoue's contributions to Sumitomo Electric Industries and Sumitomo Rubber Industries are exactly what he needs. ...
Kenneth Hopper writes Shinichi Saito, president of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., saying that he would like him to have a copy of a letter he sent to Mr. Bunzaemon Inoue. Hopper shares that his personal meeting with Inoue was the most important...
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 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; 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 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...
