Peter F. Drucker on Practical Leadership

by Peter F. Drucker

Overview

Turning Insight into Action

In this collection of essays, Peter F. Drucker focuses on the steps leaders can take today to prepare themselves and their organizations for tomorrow. Covering key areas such as technology, economics, people, and the organization, Drucker shows managers how to put his advice and ideas into action.

Throughout the book, Drucker brings clear-sighted analysis to an array of subjects that remain as relevant today as they were when he first wrote about them. Using examples from a wide range of industries, this book equips executives to better understand and address the practical implications of topics such as:

• Managing workers
• Spotting opportunities for innovation
• Evaluating company performance
• Assessing global business

Both applicable and inspiring, Peter F. Drucker on Practical Leadership is essential reading for leaders preparing for tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633699311
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	08/11/2020
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers on the subject of management theory and practice, and his writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern corporation.

Often described as "the father of modern management theory," Drucker explored how people are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society; he predicted many of the major business developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization and decentralization, the rise of Japan to economic world power, the critical importance of marketing, and the emergence of the information society with its implicit necessity of lifelong learning. In 1959, Drucker coined the term "knowledge worker" and in his later life considered knowledge-worker productivity to be the next frontier of management.

Peter Drucker died on November 11, 2005, in Claremont, California. He had four children and six grandchildren.

You can find more about Peter F. Drucker at cgu.edu/center/the-drucker-institute.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Interview: Notes on the post-business society; Economics - The futures already around us; The poverty of economic theory; The transnational economy; From World trade to World investment; The lessons of the U.S. export boom; Low wages: no longer a competitive edge; Europe in the 1990s: strategies for survival; U.S.-Japan trade needs a reality check; Japan's great postwar weapon; Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese; Help Latin America and help ourselves; Mexico's ace in the hole: The Maquiladora; People - The new productivity challenge; The mystique of the business leader; Leadership: more doing than dash; People, work, and the future of the city; The rise and fall of the blue-collar worker; On ending work rules and job descriptions; Making managers of communist bureaucrats; China's nightmare: No jobs for the millions; Management - Tomorrow's managers: the major trends; How to manage the boss; What really ails the U.S. auto industry; Manage by walking around - outside!; Corporate culture: use it, don't lose it; Permanent cost cutting: permanent policy; What the nonprofits are teaching business; Nonprofit governance: lessons for success; The nonprofits' outreach revolution; The organization - The governance of corporations; Four marketing lessons for the future; Tomorrow's company: dressed for success; Company performance: five telltale tests; R&D: the best is business-driven; Sell the mailroom: unbundling in the '90s; The ten rules of effective research; The trend toward alliances for progress; A crisis of capitalism: who's in charge?; The emerging theory of manufacturing; Afterword: The 1990s and beyond - The changing world economy; The knowledge society; Innovation and entrepreneurship; Personal effectiveness; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'... a heavyweight book and vital reading for the heavyweight manager.' - Professional Manager
"Managing for the Future is a highly accessible trend identifier and ideas generator that succeeds in fulfilling the purpose and mission set by Peter Drucker in the preface...a book 'to help executives act and to produce results, to help to perform.' '' - Journal of Strategic Change

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