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 includes the transcript of a letter asking questions about American engineers by an unnamed author who heard Polkinghorn's talk at an earlier time.
Engineers Engineering Japan Executives Costs, Industrial Production (Economic theory) Industries Factories Machinery Universities and colleges College teachers College students Economics Telephone systems Manufacturing processes Quality control Lectures and lecturing Letters Polkinghorn, Frank
Place
Japan United States
Source
Copy of talk: “Some Observations Concerning Engineers and Engineering in Japan”; Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management; Box 6 Speeches, Papers & Talks; Folder 5 “Some Observations Concerning Engineers and Engineering in Japan,” (English), undated; 8 pages
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