InTheEnd of Economic Man, long recognized as a cornerstone work, Peter F.Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamentalrevolutions. In some ways, this book anticipated by more than a decade theexistentialism that came to dominate the European political mood in thepostwar period. Drucker provides a special addition to the massive literatureon existentialism and alienation since World War II. TheEnd of EconomicManis a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences ofthe social upheavals caused by warfare.
InTheEnd of Economic Man, long recognized as a cornerstone work, Peter F.Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamentalrevolutions....
The Future of Industrial Man is the only book by Peter Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory. He presents the requirements for any society to be functioning and legitimate, and then applies these general concepts to the special case of the industrial society. In his new introduction, Drucker explains that his reference to mercantilism in The Future of Industrial Man can today be called neoconservatism, which, he asserts, denies rather than affirms the reality of industrial and postindustrial society.
Drucker outlines the major shifts of...
The Future of Industrial Man is the only book by Peter Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory. He presents the ...
In The New Society, Peter Drucker extended his previous works The Future of Industrial Man and The Concept of the Corporation into a systematic, organized analysis of the industrial society that emerged out of World War II. He analyzes large business enterprises, governments, labor unions, and the place of the individual within the social context of these institutions. Although written when the industrial society he describes was at its peak of productivity, Drucker's basic conceptual frame has well stood the test of time.
Following publication of the first...
In The New Society, Peter Drucker extended his previous works The Future of Industrial Man and The Concept of the Corporation...
Concept of the Corporation was the first study ever of the constitution, structure, and internal dynamics of a major business enterprise. Basing his work on a two-year analysis of the company done during the closing years of World War II, Drucker looks at the General Motors managerial organization from within. He tries to understand what makes the company work so effectively, what its core principles are, and how they contribute to its successes. The themes this volume addresses go far beyond the business corporation, into a consideration of the dynamics of the so-called corporate...
Concept of the Corporation was the first study ever of the constitution, structure, and internal dynamics of a major business enterprise. ...
Peter Drucker's lively and thoughtful memoirs are now available in paperback with a new introduction by the author. He writes with wit and spirit about people he has encountered in a long and varied life, including Sigmund Freud, Henry Luce, Alfred Sloan, John L. Lewis, and Marshall McLuhan. After beginning with his childhood in Vienna during and after World War I, Drucker moves on to Europe in the 1920s and early 1930s, describing the imminent doom posed by Hitler and the Nazis. He then goes on to describe London during the 1930s, America during the New Deal era, the World War II years,...
Peter Drucker's lively and thoughtful memoirs are now available in paperback with a new introduction by the author. He writes with wit and spirit a...
What is management? What is a manager? This volume spans the main dimensions of management and its themes are based on Drucker's direct experience as an adviser to businesses, government departments, public institutions, and as a widely sought lecturer.
What is management? What is a manager? This volume spans the main dimensions of management and its themes are based on Drucker's direct experience as ...
Illustrates the discussion of management by quoting the author's interviews with top executives from non-profit making organizations. This book discusses the issues of mission, performance, people and relationships, leadership and developing managers, and provides Action Implications.
Illustrates the discussion of management by quoting the author's interviews with top executives from non-profit making organizations. This book discus...
Provides insight about the critical issues facing managers in the 1990s such as: the world economic order; people at work; new trends in management and the governance of organizations. This book is written by one of the world's leading management gurus.
Provides insight about the critical issues facing managers in the 1990s such as: the world economic order; people at work; new trends in management an...
