The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned:
Managing time
Choosing what to contribute to the...
What makes an effective executive?
The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the rig...
"Rich and intriguing."Kirkus Reviews on The Last of All Possible Worlds
"Convincing and haunting."Publishers Weekly on The Temptation to Do Good
Best-selling author Peter F. Drucker wrote just two novels. Here for the first time in paperback are both.
In The Last of All Possible Worlds, royalty, bankers, lovers, and wives intertwine to create a vivid portrait of Europe in the early 1900s. We meet wise and worldly Prince Sobieski, Vienna s ambassador in London, his enchanting...
"Two fascinating fictions."Wall Street Journal
"Rich and intriguing."Kirkus Reviews on The Last of All Possible Worlds
