Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management
Peter Drucker / Edited by Nan Stone





Format: Hardcover, 240pp.
ISBN: 9780875848365
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Pub. Date: February 1998

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Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

For nearly half a century Peter Drucker has inspired and educated managers--and influenced the nature of business--with his landmark articles in the Harvard Business Review. Here, gathered together and framed by a thoughtful introduction from the Review's editor Nan Stone, is a priceless collection of his most significant work.

One of our leading thinkers on the practice and study of management, Drucker has sought out, identified, and examined the most important issues confronting managers, from corporate strategy to management style to social change. Through his unique lens, this volume gives us the rare opportunity to trace the evolution of the great shifts in our workplaces, and to understand more clearly the role of managers.

Infused with a perspective that holds new relevance today, these essays represent Drucker at his best: direct, wise, and challenging. Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management, sure to be enjoyed, studied, and debated by everyone concerned with management, is a timely offering from one of the most respected and prolific authors to appear in the Harvard Business Review.


Reviews

Peter Drucker's book is a gem.... The Preface alone...is worth the book's price....I recommend buying this book and reading one essay a month. It will stimulate thinking in new ways.

—Upside, August 1998

About the Author / Editor

Peter Drucker is a writer, teacher, and consultant whose 29 books have been published in more than twenty languages. He is the founder of The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and has counseled numerous governments, public services institutions, and major corporations. Nan Stone is the editor of the Harvard Business Review.


Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Introduction by Nan Stone	xi
	Preface: The Future That Has Already Happened
	Part I: The Manager's Responsibilities	1
	The Theory of the Business	3
	The Effective Decision	19
	How to Make People Decisions	33
	The Big Power of Little Ideas	43
	The Discipline of Innovation	53
	Managing for Business Effectiveness	65
	Part II: The Executive's World	81
	The Information Executives Truly Need	83
	The Coming of the New Organization	99
	The New Society of Organizations	113
	What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits	131
	The New Productivity Challenge	143
	Management and the World's Work	157
	The Post-Capitalist Executive: An Interview with Peter Drucker	175
	Notes	189
	Index	193

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