People and Performance: The Best of Peter Drucker on Management [Hardcover]

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1422120651 | ISBN-13: 978-1422120651 | Publication Date: September 13, 2007 | Edition: Reprint

What is management? What is the relationship between management and the society and culture it seeks to direct? How is a business organised, and how can managers use people's strengths more effectively? These and many more questions are discussed in Peter Drucker's classic survey of management thought and practice. Spanning all the main dimensions of management, Drucker used his direct experience as an adviser to businesses, government departments, public institutions, and as a widely sought lecturer to examine evergreen topics in business thinking. "People and Performance" is the ideal volume for those who want to experience the essence of Drucker's early thinking in a series of short and cogent essays.

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'...this is a sensible, humane work for all business studies students'
The Times Educational Supplement

'His breadth of vision, his internationalism and his sober realism combine to make his analysis of the present and predictions about the future gripping.'
The Economist
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Peter F. Drucker was a writer, teacher, and consultant whose twenty-nine previous books have been published in more than twenty languages. He was the founder of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management.

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• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press; Reprint edition (September 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1422120651
• ISBN-13: 978-1422120651
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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This is a rich and informative business philosophy book I truly enjoyed reading. Philosophy asks questions and provides insights going beyond the immediate, quantitative and verifiable reality. Drucker never fails to come up with observations and wisdom that captivate the reader, and by times lead to some sort of gestalt switch. He succeeded to make me look at subjects from a completely different perspective, while some of his precepts helped me greatly to focus and crystalize my views on what management is about. Though his writing style is by times dry, the content is timeless and the language always clear. Druckers main intend is to enlighten his readers and there is no doubt he succeeds in that. Anyone with an interest in the foundations of business and strategic management will benefit.