Managing in turbulent times [Hardcover]

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

Managing in Turbulent Times tackles the key issues facing managers in the 1990s: how to manage in rapidly changing environments. This seminal and prophetic book laid the foundation for a generation of writers on change management.

This book concerns the immediate future of business, society and the economy. The one certainty about the times ahead, says Drucker, is that they will be turbulent times. In turbulent times the first task of management is to make sure of the organizations capacity for survival, to make sure of its structural strength and soundness, its capacity to survive a blow, to adapt to sudden change and to avail itself of new opportunities.

The author is concerned with action rather than understanding, with decisions rather than analysis. It aims at being a practical book for the decision maker, whether in the private or the public sector.

Tackles the key issues facing managers in the 1990s
A seminal and prophetic book
A practical book for the decision maker

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Peter Drucker was the first of the analytical futurists and the first of the management philosophers. And for me he is still the best."-- Reginald Jones, "Wall Street Journal""A thought-provoking book for all in management concerned with future environments...In his usual thoroughness, Drucker pinpoints topics important to those managers who wish to see their institutions survive. Strategies are presented for dealing with structural shifts in population, production techniques, and consumer markets, along with concerns of inflation, productivity, and operation in a world economy."-- "Library Journal" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Born in Vienna in 1909, Peter F. Drucker was educated in Austria and England. From 1929 he was a newspaper correspondent abroad and an economist for an international bank in London. Since 1937 he has been in the United States, first as an economist for a group of British banks and insurance companies, and later as a management consultant to several of the country's largest companies, as well as leading companies abroad. Drucker has since had a distinguished career as a teacher, first as Professor of Politics and Philosophy at Bennington College, then for more than twenty years as Professor of Management at the Graduate Business School of New York University. Since 1971 he has been Clarke Professor of Social Science at Claremont Graduate School in California. In addition to his management books, Peter Drucker is also renowned for his prophetic books analysing politics, economics and society. These books span fifty years of modern history beginning with The End of Economic Man (1939) and including The Practice of Management; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Managing in the Next Society; Management Challenges in the 21st Century; The Effective Executive and The Essential Drucker.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st edition (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060110945
• ISBN-13: 978-0060110949
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) was considered the top management thinker of his time. He authored over 25 books, with his first, The End of Economic Man published in 1939. His ideas have had an enormous impact on shaping the modern corporation. One of his most famous disciples alive today is Jack Welch. He was a teacher, philosopher, reporter and consultant.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still the best, November 10, 2000

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This review is from: Managing in Turbulent Times (Paperback)

I think Drucker, even after all these years, still stands head and shoulders above the other management gurus, writers, and flash-in-the-pans that we've seen in recent decades. His thoughts and insights are still the most profound in the business and this recent book is no exception.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think and act faster than the speed of life!, December 19, 2004

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This review is from: Managing in Turbulent Times (Paperback)

We enter in anew economic age with new tendencies , new markets , new technologies and new institutions . If we add a progressively more exigent customers list the competition will be the new Darwinian paradigm .
This text develops themes of singular interest , such as the possibilities of surviving of the worker syndicates , the new markets of consume , the deceitful ciphers of unemployment or the necessities of workmanship in the developed countries and those in ways to be.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gran Libro, November 1, 2000

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This review is from: Managing in Turbulent Times (Paperback)

es un gran libro, como nos tiene acostumbrados el señor Drucker y les hará muy bien leerlo a los ejecutivos y managers cuyas empresas estan en problemas