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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Previously unpublished talks from the Father of Modern Management Throughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings but also through his lectures and keynotes. These speeches contained some of his most valuable insights, but had never been published in book form-until now. The Drucker Lectures features more than 30 talks from one of management's most important figures. Drawn from the Drucker Archives at the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, the lectures showcase Drucker's wisdom, wit, profundity, and prescience on such topics as: Politics and economics of the environmentKnowledge workers and the Knowledge Society Computer and information literacyManaging nonprofit organizations Globalization During his life, Drucker well understood that over the last 150 years the world had become a society of large institutions-and that they would only become larger and more powerful. He contended that unless these institutions were effectively managed and ethically led, the good health of society as a whole would be in peril. His prediction is unfolding before our eyes. The Drucker Lectures is a timely, instructive book proving that responsible behavior and good business can, in fact, exist hand in hand. Zusammenfassung Features more than 30 talks from one of management's most important figures. This book proves that responsible behavior and good business can! in fact! exist hand in hand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Politics and Economics of the Environment; The New Priorities; Do You Know Where You Belong; The Knowledge Worker and the Knowledge Society; From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy; Manage Yourself and Then Your Company; The Changing World Economy; An Address to Friends in Tokyo; Managing the Nonprofit Organization; On Globalization...
