Burdick, Walton E. Papers, 1954-1993
Collection Number: 5937

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Walton E. Burdick Papers, 1954-1993
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5937
Creator:
Burdick, Walton E.
Quanitities:
2.78 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Walton E. Burdick, IBM senior vice president, personnel, joined the company in Endicott in 1955.
He subsequently held personnel positions in Endicott, New York; Dayton, New Jersey; New York City and Greencastle, Indiana. In 1965, he was promoted to director of personnel relations, corporate headquarters, and in 1967, Mr. Burdick was named director of personnel, IBM World Trade Corporation. He was promoted to IBM director of personnel plans and programs in November 1970, and elected a vice president in June 1972. He was appointed assistant group executive, finance and planning, General Business Group, in August 1977. He was named IBM vice president, personnel in August 1980, and reports to Mr. John F. Akers, chairman of the board. In January 1989 he was appointed a member of IBM's Corporate Management Board and was elected an IBM senior vice president in April of the same year.
Mr. Burdick holds a B.S. Degree from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University where he serves as a member of the Advisory Council. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan for two terms as a commissioner on the National Commission for Employment Policy; and in January 1988 was appointed by President Reagan as a member of the White House Conference for a Drug Free America. He also serves on Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). He is a member and past chairman of Cornell University's Advisory Board for the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies and the Business Roundtable Employee Relations Committee. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) selected him as the winner of the 1991 Award for Professional Excellence. He has also served on the National Board of Junior Achievement, the National Leadership Commission on Health Care, the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Business, and is active in several professional organizations.
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Walton E. Burdick Papers #5937. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

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SUBJECTS

Names:
Burdick, Walton E.
International Business Machines Corporation, Archives.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series Series I: Speeches - Includes copies of speeches (and related documents) by W. E. Burdick, IBM Senior Vice-President
Box 1 Folder 1
"Impact/Influence: Defining and Charting a Course For Personnel Vitality.*
1976
Scope and Contents
Keynote speaker of the National Annual Meeting of the American Society for Personnel Administrators, San Diego, 6/2/76. 11 p.
Box 1 Folder 2
IBM - A Great Place to Work.
1982
Scope and Contents
NAD Recognition Event Speech. 17 p.
Box 1 Folder 3
"Closing Remarks."
1983
Scope and Contents
National Personnel Managers Meeting, Nev Orleans, January 20, 1983. 13 p.
Box 1 Folder 4
"Striving for Organizational and Individual Excellence In Management."
1984
Scope and Contents
Silver Bay Association Invitational Conference on Human Management Issues in Management, Lake George, 7/11/84. 19 p.
Box 1 Folder 5
ISG National Meeting.
1986
Scope and Contents
New York, 9/23/86. 19 p.
Box 1 Folder 6
Human Resources Forum.
1987
Scope and Contents
9/8/87. 11 p. and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 7
Security Analysts Meeting.
1987
Scope and Contents
11/4/87. Unpaged.
Box 1 Folder 8
Florida West Coast Retiree Luncheon,
1987
Scope and Contents
11/17/87. 11 p. and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 9
International Personnel Managers Meeting.
1988
Scope and Contents
2/88 (Includes related documents and copy of 1985 speech).
Box 1 Folder 10
Human Resources Planning Society.
1988
Scope and Contents
3/28/88. 11 p. and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 11
"A Personnel Overview."
1988
Scope and Contents
Wall Street Journal, Executive Visit, 4/18/88. Related documents.
Box 1 Folder 12
"Strategic Meeting"
1988
Scope and Contents
includes "Introductory Comments" (6 p.) and "Leadership Study Comments" (3 p.), July 19-20, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 13
"Burdick Transcript for IBM,"
1988
Scope and Contents
12/22/88 and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 14
"Managing People Through a Period of Change."
1989
Scope and Contents
The Conference Board. Key Issues in Human Resources Management: 2nd Annual West Coast Conference. 5/9/89. 14 p. (Includes tape of speech.)
Box 1 Folder 15
"Do Compensation Policies Matter."
1989
Scope and Contents
Compensation and Firm Performance Conference. 5/23/89
Box 1 Folder 16
IBM Personnel Institute.
1989
Scope and Contents
5/25/89. 13 p.
Box 1 Folder 17
IBM International Personnel Institute.
1989
Scope and Contents
6/4/89. 16 p.
Box 1 Folder 18
International Personnel Directors Meeting.
1989
Scope and Contents
9/13-15/89. Related documents.
Box 1 Folder 19
IBM Personnel Institute.
1989
Scope and Contents
9/24/89. 17 p. Includes 39 pages of questions and answers.
Box 1 Folder 20-22
University Human Resources PC Forum,
1989
Scope and Contents
11/13-14/89. 9 p. Related documents.
Box 1 Folder 23-24
Atlanta visit.
1989
Scope and Contents
December 5, 1989. 15 p. Related documents (includes tape of speech).
Box 1 Folder 25
AMS Comments.
1990
Scope and Contents
7/24/90. Includes speech outline.
Box 1 Folder 26
"U.S. Personnel Managers"
1991
Scope and Contents
1/22/91. Speech outline.
Box 1 Folder 27
Michigan State.
1991
Scope and Contents
4/18/91. Outline and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 28
GTE Corp.
1991
Scope and Contents
5/15/91. Outline and related documents.
Box 1 Folder 29
Undated and miscellaneous -
Scope and Contents
Includes untitled speech, 25 p.; undated speech, "Full Employment Communication," 3 p.; and miscellaneous.
Series Series II: Interviews
Box 1 Folder 30
Interview with Karen Springer, Newsweek.
1988
Scope and Contents
2/12/88. 41 p.
Box 1 Folder 31
Interview with Bart Ziegler, Associated Press
1990
Scope and Contents
12/4/90. 24 p.
Box 1 Folder 32
Interview with Carol Loomis. Fortune Magazine
1991
Scope and Contents
6/4/91. 60 p.
Box 1 Folder 33
Briefing Book for W.E. Burdick
1992
Scope and Contents
Interview with Fortune Magazine, David Kirkpatrick - Reporter, 5/21/92. (no transcript).
Box 1 Folder 34
Briefing Book for Burdick
1992
Scope and Contents
Interview with NY Times. 6/3/92. (no transcript).
Box 1 Folder 35
Interviews - Misc.
1990
Scope and Contents
Walt Burdick, Don Devey, Leigh Faldi interviewed by Don Machy, 30 p. undated. Discussion joints, "Management "Project Report" Interview, 1/26/90 V no transcript.
Series Series III: Selected Planning Documents - Includes papers, charts and outlines used in making internal corporate presentations
Box 1 Folder 36
"Basic Strategic Directions for IBM Resources."
Scope and Contents
undated.
Box 1 Folder 37
Business Roundtable Education Initiative
1990
Box 1 Folder 38
Corporate organization.
1954-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes organization charts and chronology of major organization changes
Box 1 Folder 39
Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo Visits
1989
Scope and Contents
Includes itineraries, country profiles, lists of key contacts and other related documents re meetings with IBM managers and others.
Box 2 Folder 1
"Human Resource Planning and Technological Change."
1985
Scope and Contents
February 1985.
Box 2 Folder 2
"Human Resources in the 90's, A 1986 Perspective."
1986
Box 2 Folder 3
"IBM...A Great Place to Work". (vs. Personnel Research)
1991
Scope and Contents
May 1991.
Box 2 Folder 4
"IBM...A Special Place to Work".
1985
Scope and Contents
July 1985.
Box 2 Folder 5
IBM Overview
Scope and Contents
undated.
Box 2 Folder 6
IBM Planning Process
Scope and Contents
undated.
Box 2 Folder 7
International Personnel Managers Seminar
1990
Scope and Contents
1/8/90.
Box 2 Folder 8
Management Charts
Scope and Contents
undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Market Driven Quality".
1991
Box 2 Folder 10
Objectives.
1991
Scope and Contents
Includes summary of corporate personnel staff's 1991 objectives.
Box 2 Folder 11
Opinion Surveys in IBM - An Overview"
Scope and Contents
undated.
Box 2 Folder 12
"People management: A Guide for Managers".
1986
Scope and Contents
44 p.
Box 2 Folder 13
Personnel Initiatives. Includes review of benefits
Scope and Contents
1940's - 1990's.
Box 2 Folder 14
"Personnel Management in IBM"
Scope and Contents
undated. 31 p.
Box 2 Folder 15
"Personnel Planning in IBM".
1984
Box 2 Folder 16
"Personnel Systems Support".
1989
Scope and Contents
Personnel Managers Meeting, 2/6/89.
Box 2 Folder 17
"Planning In the IBM Corporation".
1984
Box 2 Folder 18
"Priorities For the Human Resource Function in the 1990's".
1991
Scope and Contents
Cornell University, April 9, 1991.
Box 2 Folder 19
"Role of Personnel".
1985
Box 2 Folder 20
"The Role of the First-Line Manager"
Scope and Contents
n. d. 5 p.
Box 2 Folder 21
"Staff Discussion Guide - Role of Personnel".
1974
Scope and Contents
54 p.
Box 2 Folder 22
"Uses of Information Technology".
1990
Box 2 Folder 23
"Work/Life Report"
1990
Series Series IV: IBM Personnel Department. Related Documents - includes statements, memos, speeches, outlines and other material related to various functions of the IBM Personnel Department, 1988-1990
Box 2 Folder 24-26
A 21st Century Vision: A Worldwide Human Resource Study; The Evolution; Function and Scope of Personnel Administration; "Issues and Paradoxes in Human Resources, Midyear 1990," by Richard Beaumont; "Restructuring IBM Education" by Ursula F. Fairbairn; Spe
1988-1990
Series Series V: Publications
Box 2 Folder 27
Issues of IBM Personnel Forum which includes "Letter from the Senior Vice-President, Personnel" Walt Burdick.
1990-1993
Box 2 Folder 28
Articles written about W.E. Burdick which appeared in Personnel Administrator, Think, Society for Human Resource Management/Conference Daily. HR News.
1976- 1991
Box 2 Folder 29-31
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). Walton E. Burdick, member.
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes reports and publications of the Commission.
Series Series VI: Other
Sub-Series A. Miscellaneous: Articles, etc., 1989-1993
Box 2 Folder 32-33
Miscellaneous Correspondence.
1989-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Professor Lee Dyer and Professor Maurice Neufeld of NYSSILR, Cornell University concerning Burdick's participation in the School's 50th Anniversary publication, with Lee Dyer of Cornell's Center for Advanced Human Resource Stu
Sub-Series B. Audio-Visual Materials
Box 2 Folder 34
"Opportunity 2000" Award Presentation for IBM Personnel. "Our Changing Work Force."
1988
Scope and Contents
11/15/88 (Video Cassette) 9 minutes.
Box 2 Folder 34
"Role of Personnel" Produced by IBM Corporation. Personnel Plans and Programs.
Scope and Contents
(Video Cassette) 22 minutes.
Box 3
Burdick - San Diego
1984
Scope and Contents
(Audio cassette).
Box 4
Burdick - Nashville
1985
Scope and Contents
(Audio Cassette).
Box 5
Burdick - 1986 SWMD Hundred Percent Club, Phoenix, AZ.
1986
Scope and Contents
(Audio Cassette).
Box 6
Burdick - Challenges and Creative Responses
1986
Scope and Contents
6/86 (Audio Cassette).
Box 7
Burdick - APG Golden Circle
1989
Scope and Contents
6/8/89 (Audio Cassette).
Box 8
Burdick - Cornell Speech
1989
Scope and Contents
8/24/89. (Audio Cassette).
Box 9
Executive Conference
Scope and Contents
(no date) (Audio Cassette).