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:...
Engineering; Engineers; Education; Universities and colleges; College students; College teachers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi; Technology; Scientists; Industries; Research; Laboratories; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers;...
The appendices and exhibits from the report of the engineering education mission to Japan, 1951 July 5 to August 26. It consists of: Appendix A: Institute for Engineering Education; Appendix B: Program of the Mission on Engineering Education;...
Engineers; Engineering; Japan; Executives; Costs, Industrial; Production (Economic theory); Industries; Factories; Machinery; Universities and colleges; College teachers; College students; Economics; Telephone systems; Manufacturing processes;...
Frank Polkinghorn's talk on the need to improve the efficiency of quality of production by Japanese engineers delivered before the annual meeting of the Institute of Electrical Communication Engineers at Tokyo University on 1949 March 7. It...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper saying that he has many things to tell Hopper about the influences of the seminars conducted by the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of SCAP on Japan. He says that Japanese...
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...
Kenneth Hopper provides the background and context of his correspondence with distinguished Japanese industrialist, Bunzaemon Inoue. He writes that Inoue sent him about 60 letters answering questions on the improvements he saw or personally...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Telecommunication; Universities and colleges; Telephone; Social classes; College students; Lectures and lecturing; Engineers; College teachers; Research; Letters
Frank Polkinghorn's talk on the improvement of telecommunications engineering education in Japan and the relationship between social education and the practice of engineering. It includes an excerpt from a 1957 letter by a distinguished Japanese...
Speeches, addresses, etc.; Laboratories; Telecommunication; Leadership; Engineers; Scientists; Teams in the workplace; Morale; Bell Telephone Company; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Frank Polkinghorn encourages leadership during his remarks at the opening of the Electrical Communications Laboratory.
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...
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. H. Nashiwa, of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., thanking him for his letter. Hopper says he visited factories, head offices, associations, a management training center, a research department, and a government department...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Shigeru Yamashita (Jimmy), the coordinator of the overseas division of Tokai Rubber Industries, thanking him for his card and the invitation to meet him during Hopper's next visit. He also thanks him and his colleagues...
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. T. Tokuzawa, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., thanking him for his letter and saying that he appreciates him giving his time and ability as a technical translator. He mentions that Mr. Konno at Sumitomo Rubber in...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper thanking him for his letters and photo album. He goes on to say that he would like to talk about Hopper's article in the near future. The letter contains Inoue's signature. The...
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...
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...
Letters; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Factories; Management; Supervisors; Health; Technology; Books; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Manufacturing industries; Brooms and brushes; Factory management
Kenneth Hopper writes Mr. Protzman thanking him for talking with him at length. Hopper states that he is enclosing two pieces that will give Protzman some detail about Hopper. He informs Protzman that the Innovation piece was written when things...
