The Effective Executive in Action is a journal based on Peter F. Drucker's classic and preeminent work on management and effectiveness -- The Effective Executive. Here Drucker and Maciariello provide executives, managers, and knowledge workers with a guide to effective action -- the central theme of Drucker's work. The authors take more than one hundred readings from Drucker's classic work, update them, and provide provocative questions to ponder and actions to take in order to improve your own work. Also included in this journal is a space for you to record your thoughts for later review and reflection. The Effective Executive in Action will teach you how to be a better leader and how to lead according to the five main pillars of Drucker's leadership philosophy.
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The Effective Executive (1966) forms one of the foundations of Drucker's reputation as a corporate leadership guru, and this workbook companion developed by Maciariello, a professor at Drucker's business management school, draws heavily upon the master source. The format extracts bullet points from the original text, along with supplementary material from other Drucker writings, then adds reinforcing questions and suggested action items. Additional space is provided to write down reflections and results. "Decision making is the specific activity of the executive," Drucker writes, but before you can learn how to make the right decisions, you need to manage your work time and concentrate your focus on the right tasks, then develop your strengths and the strengths of those around you. These precepts have become familiar mantras in the corporate environment, so little of the material should come as a surprise, making the exercises accessible and easy to perform. Key points are emphasized and re-emphasized, developed in broad themes then presented once more for individual review. If the text is repetitive, it can perhaps be forgiven by the authors' obvious desire to drill Drucker's recommended behavior into readers' heads so that it becomes consistent practice. (Jan.)
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Peter F. Drucker is considered the most influential management thinker ever. The author of more than twenty-five books, his ideas have had an enormous impact on shaping the modern corporation. Drucker passed away in 2005.
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This journal is just that...a personal journal. It guides you through several thought provoking scenarios and asks you how you feel, think, what you will/can do, etc. If you do not like to think, this is not a product you will enjoy. If, however, you enjoy noodling over your own thoughts, actions, feelings, and working through them to a plan for personal/professional development, this is a must buy item.
Drucker is someone who yields more and more every time you read him. This journal will help you collect a rich harvest of useable ideas.
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The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker et.,
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The author has written another classic on the dynamics of
executive management. The book suggests that organizations and the people who run them need to assess what must be done as a condition precedent to directing their energies productively. Time is the classic limiting factor. It applies to the activities of everyone in the organization. The effective use of discretionary time is another important asset. The success of organizations over time is dependent upon an uneventful transition strategy together with the ability to continue the business as a going concern. In Accounting, the Quasi- Reorganization in bankruptcy provides the needed second chance for organizations to start over again- although standard reporting requirements call for dating the retained earnings into the future. Companies having extensive overseas operations and outsourcing must be more vigilant about disaster recovery and contingency planning for random Acts of G-d. These unplanned emergencies may consist of a tsunami, earthquake or expropriation in countries where the political infrastructure is fragile or unpredictable. The author suggests that the organization give much thought into choosing people and assignments to optimize organizational strengths rather than magnifying weaknesses for short term gain. Ultimately, maximizing strengths renders weaknesses to be irrelevant. Each job should be structured to accommodate the personality of the occupant(s). Accordingly, this strategy will go a long way toward perpetuating the organization well into the future. In addition, training and development of staff is an important aspect of work. These activities will provide threshold competencies so that employees can function maximally. In addition, training assists in the development of successor employees due to retirements, job transfers etc. With the right people matched to the right jobs, an organization can move forward. In addition, maximization of an individual's strengths obviates the necessity for the classic flight/fight phenomena in an organization. In implementation, the management philosophy aims to accentuate strengths rather than exploit weaknesses which may result in a sum zero conflict. This rendition does not emphasize the optimal organizational design to accomplish work, although the dynamics may vary from firm to firm. Organizational conflicts may be reduced by looking at the following options dispassionately: - considering the flat organizational hierarchy with less vertical integration, where possible - controlling predictor information more carefully - completing a comprehensive job and task analysis for all company positions and vital job categories in particular - standardizing complex operations and codifying knowledge so that expertise is not a barrier to performing a job within a shorter learning curve ( today artifical intelligence systems and expert system algorithms may help accomplish this task) - transferring employees within an organization and providing more challenging scenarios - providing employees a share in the ownership of the company through stock plans or employee representation on the Board - support and funding for staff training/development and personal growth - a clear and uncomplicated succession strategy The book will assist corporate planners, human resource personnel, students of organizational design and a large constituency of scholars in academe. It is worth the price for the huge value of the information content contained therein.
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Drucker's book covers basic business strategies for all occasions. Excellent book for all business majors, and business people.
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