Peter F. Drucker's Next Management

This 100th anniversary anthology is dedicated to Peter Drucker, the grand master of management. The insightful, exciting and path breaking articles deal with Drucker’s life, influence, legacy; and the long-term effects of his profound ideas and thinking. What is Drucker’s impact on the next management? In what ways has his thinking influenced current management practices and society? Peter Drucker defined for the first time the principles of management and cleared the ground for the establishment of a rigorous new discipline. In as early as 1954 he wrote in the Practice of Management: “a manager sets objectives, a manager organizes, motivates and communicates; a manager establishes measuring yardsticks and develops people” – axioms that are relevant and very much operational to this day. Authors from four continents - eight from America, nine from Europe, and six from Asia and the Arabian Peninsula - discuss why it is important to continue on the innovative trail Drucker built for the management discipline; and how his thinking can be applied for energizing the leadership of the 21st century business and society.