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Title
B. Inoue letter to Mr. K. Hopper, 1982-03-10
Creator
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-10
Publication Information
The Drucker Institute
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management
Rights Information
All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, https://www.drucker.institute/about/drucker-archives/
Description
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 United States. He talks about the company-wide management movement that began in 1946 that re-educated the young employees below middle management (kachos). Inoue says that young employees were recruited to learn scientific management methods. He talks about the training the foremen and middle management received. Inoue recalls that after the entire picture of the American method was revealed at the CCS (Civil Communications Section) seminar, the company-wide management movement expanded its sphere of activity. He talks about the control systems that were implemented and the Japanese version of the "Statistical Quality Control Handbook" of Western Electric that was published by SEI. Inoue goes on to discuss the suggestion system implemented for foremen and workers and the prize money awarded depending on the rating of the suggestion. The letter contains Inoue's original signature. The letter contains original handwritten notations and markings. In addition, the letter contains an original handwritten "41" in two places on the top, right corner of page 1.
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
khp00095.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/khp/id/126
Language
English
Subject
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 organization
Cost control
Production control
Inventory control
Engineers
Quality control
Nihon Kagaku Gijutsu Renmei
Western Electric Company
Employees - Training of
Quality circles
Japan Management Association
Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
Sakamoto, Isamu
Hopper, Claire
Time Period
Nineteen forty-five, A.D
Nineteen fifties
Nineteen forties
Nineteen sixty-one, A.D
Place
Japan
United States
Source
Original letter: Letter from B. Inoue to Mr. K. Hopper, March 10, 1982; Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management; Box 2 Correspondence incoming; Folder 4 Bunzaemon Inoue, 1982; 4 pages
Relation
Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/khp

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