Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, PracticesManagement is an organized body of knowledge. "This book," in Peter Drucker's words, "tries to equip the manager with the understanding, the thinking, the knowledge and the skills for today's and also tomorrow's jobs." This management classic has been de[...]
Longtime Drucker colleague, collaborator, and eminent management professor Joseph A. Maciariello has organised the material to be used in conjunction with "Management, Revised Edition", making the book particularly useful in undergraduate, MBA, and executive education classrooms.[...]
This book, the author explains, "is concerned with action rather than understanding, with decisions rather than analysis." It deals with the strategies needed to transform rapid changes into opportunities, to turn the threat of change into productive and profitable action that contributes positively[...]
What makes an effective executive?The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wast[...]
Analyzes the development of an entrepreneurial economy over the past ten years and discusses the implications of the change, such as shifts in American monetary and labor policies. Reprint.[...]
Discusses the fundamental principles, methods, and strategies of managing a nonprofit organization, offering practical advice on leadership, decision making, goals, marketing, development, and resources. Reprint.[...]
In a new edition of the classic business handbook, the noted corporate consultant discusses the nature, structure, requirements, and responsibilities of top-level business management. Reissue.[...]
A companion volume to the classic The Practice of Management details the economic tasks of the business executive and develops concepts and approaches to discharging these responsibilities. Reissue.[...]
The essential book on management from the man who invented the disciplineNow completely revised and updated for the first time[...]
Digital_Humanities is a compact, game-changing report on the state of contemporary knowledge production. Answering the question, "What is digital humanities?," it provides an in-depth examination of an emerging field. This collaboratively authored and visually compelling volume explores methodologie[...]
Analyzes dynamic trends in the new century's information-driven society including the "Global Baby Bust," "New Work Force," and "Knowledge Worker" to consider how managers can prepare for unexpected consequences. By the author of The Effective Executive. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.[...]
With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self-assessment and transformation, answering these five questions wil[...]
Provides insight about the critical issues facing managers in the 1990s such as: the world economic order; people at work; new trends in management and the governance of organizations. This book is written by one of the world's leading management gurus.[...]
What is management? What is a manager? This volume spans the main dimensions of management and its themes are based on Drucker's direct experience as an adviser to businesses, government departments, public institutions, and as a widely sought lecturer.[...]
In this classic text, Peter Drucker studies how modern-day managers, whether in business or public service, can perform effectively. He takes an international view, exploring management problems in Great Britain, Western Europe, Japan, and Latin America, and suggests how these problems can be tackle[...]
This classic volume achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is a valuable contribution to the study of business efficiency which should be read by anyone wanting information about the developments and place of management, and it is as re[...]
The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to 'get the right things done'. Usually this involves doing what other people have overlooked, as well as avoiding what is unproductive. He identifies five talents as essential to effectiveness, and these can be learned; in fact,[...]
"Innovation and Entrepreneurship" deals with 'what, when and why'; with policies and decisions; opportunities and risks, structures and strategies; staffing, compensation and rewards. In addition to managers in all types of business, lecturers and students of management and business studies will fin[...]
Looks afresh at the future of management thinking and practice. This title deals with the challenges facing various organizations.[...]
Peter Drucker may be best known as a writer on business and management, but, in fact, these subjects are neither his first nor have they been his foremost intellectual concern. Drucker's primary concern has been community, in which the individual has status, and society, in which the individual has [...]