The Essential Drucker：The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management

Eversincehisfirstbookwaspublishedsomesixdecadesago,PeterDruckerhasbeenessentialtoeveryoneseriousaboutthe"managementofanenterprise(and)theself-managementoftheindividual,whetherexecutiveorprofessional,withinanenterpriseandaltogetherinoursocietyofmanagedorganizations."Thisdistinguished30-yearClaremontUniversityprofessorhascontinuouslyidentifiedcriticalprinciplesinmanagement,economics,politics,andtheworldingeneral.Andhehasredirectedourthinkingaboutthemthroughmorethantwodozenbooks,includinganautobiographyandacoupleofworksoffiction.Now,withTheEssentialDrucker,hehasoverseenthecompilationofhismostimportantfundamentalsintooneindispensablebook.Reachingbackasfaras1954withhistreatise"ManagementbyObjectivesandSelf-Control"("Eachmanager,fromthe'bigboss'downtotheproductionforemanorthechiefclerk,needsclearlyspelled-outobjectives"thatclarifyexpectedcontributions"totheattainmentofcompanygoalsinallareasofthebusiness"),Drucker'snow-establishedideastakeonasurprisingnewrelevancywhenremixedequallypioneeringideasfromthe1960s,'70s,'80s,and'90s.Betweenthethoughtful"ManagementasSocialandLiberalArt"throughtheprovocative"FromAnalysistoPerception--TheNewWorldview"(bothoriginallypublishedin1988'sTheNewRealities),thisbookrevisitssomeofmodernmanagement'smostinspiredwritingandpresentsitinawaythatshouldappealtobothnewcomersandthoseneedingarefreshercourseonDrucker'sbasicbeliefs.--HowardRothman--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.