John Diebold papers

Scope and Contents Diebold interviewed by Hugh Guidi (Director of Broadcast Relations Chamber of Commerce of the United States) and John Wallach (Washington, White House, and financial correspondent with Hearst newspapers). Focus is the multinational corporation. How it’s defined, problems these multinational corporations face (including taking $3 out for every $1 they put into nations, getting involved in political affairs, taking advantage of tax breaks, etc.) and their role in economic development. Focuses...

Scope and Contents John Diebold (Making the Future Work) and George Gilder (The Spirit of Enterprise) interviewed by Ted Kovaleff about the topic of a free enterprise system, how our society operates and how society arrives (or doesn’t arrive) at solving problems. Also talks/debates about a wide variety of topics, including bringing competition to telecommunication areas, moving towards the decontrol of the telecommunication industry. Makes reference to AT & T, Ericsson, Bell Labs, Western Electric, and...

Scope and Contents Paul Finney (managing editor of Businessweek Magazine) interviews John Diebold about the pros and cons of computers and their impact on society. Topics include the impact of computers on how offices function (i.e., word processing) and the impact of automation on offices (including employment of white-collar workers and competition with other countries), whether or not the U.S. is still ahead in computer technology compared to Europeans and Japanese, development of the computer industry and...

Scope and Contents John Diebold is interviewed by Andy Barrie, CFRB Radio, in Toronto (Diebold was in town as part of a yearlong celebration of his firm’s 25th anniversary) talking about the past and future of automation. Diebold raises questions about how do you communicate information? How to you distribute information in society? Makes prediction that one of the great industries in the future is going to the convergence of communications and of computer-based systems (i.e., combination of television, of...

Scope and Contents Diebold is interviewed by Jonathan Kern about how his views about automation have changed and what sorts of changes have been implemented over the past 30 years. Interview coincides with the General Assembly of the World Future Series in Washington, DC. Topics include the institutional problems of bringing about change in any society and obstacles to implementing new office technology. (Note: Diebold was one of the first people to envision what has since been named the paperless office),...

Scope and Contents Diebold is interviewed by Darryl Hawley of KIKK (Talk and Country) regarding the automation of Westernized industry, particularly balancing support for “dying industries” and new industries. Interview is tied into the 30th publication anniversary of Diebold’s first published book. Topics include how the Japanese are getting ahead of the US with respect to robot/computer development as they relate to manufacturing techniques (particularly in the automobile industry); how America’s biggest...

Scope and Contents Live recording of keynote address given by John Diebold at the World Future Society meeting. Diebold briefly talks about what his interests were when he was student (“industrial archeology” and Adam Smith) and how it influenced him and how this relates to what he is going to talk about, particularly how they relate to some of the developments that are currently going around. Topics include the development of the computer and all of the things that go today under our rubric of automation, the...

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Michael Jackson of Talk Radio KABC talks with John Diebold (telephone interview) about ergonomics or the “relationship of the human being to work”, particularly as it relates to taking human factors into account when both using technology and adaption to that technological system. Speaks briefly on how he became interested in automation and his early work at HBS and what is in the future for computers and communications.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Newsmagazine segment from September 9, 1964 reporting on automation in the newspaper printing industry with the advent of technological advances with the computer. Interview with John Diebold about automation and the changing nature of world and society.

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Office Automation interview conducted by Eileen Ferectic of John Diebold in March 1985. Diebold discusses office automation including the increase of productivity and the use of computers to do that.

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Speech given by John Diebold at the Sweedish Computer Society conference, Programmator in Stockholm, Sweden, October 1985. Diebold speaks about information technology is being used as a competitive weapon.

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Live recording of the 1986 UCCEL Systems Software conference in St. Louis from the Adam's Mark Hotel. John Diebold gives the keynote speech regarding his perspective on the field of information technology as a whole including its role in the international economic and political arena and the rapid speed of which change has occurred. Also includes a question and answer session.

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Nationally televised speech to National Management Conference in Caracas, January 1988. John Diebold speaks about the role of change in population and technology; ability to compete; the relationship with the world economy; and the public/private sector relationship.

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John Diebold's 1987 annual management lecture given at the Singapore Institute Of Management. Diebold speaks about the future of information technology and the impact on businesses and managers.

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John Diebold gives the keynote address at the Financial Executives Institute, February 27, 1989. Diebold speaks about the information landscape and environment, how businesses are operated, how the information landscape is changing and the implications of the change on the future.

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Speech by John Diebold, given at the Society of Actuaries on June 12, 1989. Diebold speaks about the development of information technology and its impact on society.

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Taped speech by John Diebold for the International Federation for Information Processing Symposium, March 27, 1985. Diebold comments on Professor Gilchrist's paper about information technology.