The Drucker Difference : What the World's Greatest Management Thinker Means to Today's Business Leaders

Peter F. Drucker was one of the most influential business thinkers in history. Considered the father of modern management, he was concerned not only with the human side of management, but also with the larger societal roles played by both companies and the individuals within them.

If there has ever been a time when such thinkers are relevant, it is now.

The Drucker Difference casts new light on Drucker?s business philosophy, analyzing his most important ideas in the context of today?s business world. Through individual contributions by professors from The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, it combines expert insight and current scholarship to reveal how organizations and executives can interpret and apply Drucker?s timeless ideas.

Today?s top business thinkers provide sixteen chapters analyzing Drucker?s views on the most critical issues of our time, including:

• Government, business, and civil society (Ira Jackson)
• The interplay of values and power within companies (Karen E. Linkletter and Joseph A. Maciariello)
• Applying collaboration to ?knowledge work? (Craig L. Pearce)
• Drucker?s management vision (Richard Smith)
• Economic environment, innovation, and industry dynamics (Hideki Yamawaki)

Each contributor explains a single, classic aspect of Drucker?s work, examines its implications in today?s business environment, and applies an up-to-date and contemporary interpretation of Drucker?s wisdom.

Covering everything from marketing and leadership to strategy and governance, The Drucker Difference is both a timely new assessment and a valuable addition to the canon of Drucker literature.

Foreword By Charles Handy
Introduction : The Drucker Living Legacy, by Craig L. Pearce, Joseph A. Maciariello, and Hideki Yamawaki

Chapter 1 : Management as a Liberal Art
Chapter 2 : Drucker on Government, Business, and Civil Society : Roles, Relationships, Responsibilities
Chapter 3 : Leading Knowledge Workers : Beyond The Era of Command and Control
Chapter 4 : Value(s)-Based Management : Corporate Social Responsibility Meets Value-Based Management
Chapter 5 : Drucker on Corporate Governance
Chapter 6 : Corporate Purpose
Chapter 7 : Strategy for What Purpose?
Chapter 8 : The Twenty-First Century : The Century of the Social Sector
Chapter 9 : Economic Environment, Innovation, and Industry Dynamics
Chapter 10 : A Pox on Charisma : Why Connective Leadership and Character Count
Chapter 11 : Knowledge Worker Productivity and The Practice of Self-Management
Chapter 12 : Labor Markets and Human Resources : Managing Manual and Knowledge Workers
Chapter 13 : Peter Drucker : The Humanist Economist
Chapter 14 : The Drucker Vision and Its Foundations : Corporations, Managers, Markets, and Innovation
Chapter 15 : Drucker on Marketing : Remember, Customers Are The Reason You Are in Business
Chapter 16 : A Closer Look at Pension Funds

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