Previously unpublished talks from the Father of Modern Management
Throughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings but also through his lectures and keynotes. These speeches contained some of his most valuable insights, but had never been published in book form?until now.
The Drucker Lectures features more than 30 talks from one of management's most important figures. Drawn from the Drucker Archives at the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, the lectures showcase Drucker's wisdom, wit, profundity, and prescience on such topics as:
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Politics and economics of the environment
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Knowledge workers and the Knowledge Society
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Computer and information literacy
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Managing nonprofit organizations
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Globalization
During his life, Drucker well understood that over the last 150 years the world had become a society of large institutions?and that they would only become larger and more powerful. He contended that unless these institutions were effectively managed and ethically led, the good health of society as a whole would be in peril. His prediction is unfolding before our eyes.
The Drucker Lectures is a timely, instructive book proving that responsible behavior and good business can, in fact, exist hand in hand.
Introduction
Part I : 1940s
Chapter 1 : How Is Human Existence Possible? (1943)
Chapter 2 : The Myth of the State (1947)
Part II : 1950s
Chapter 3 : The Problems of Maintaining Continuous and Full Employment (1957)
Part III : 1960s
Chapter 4 : The First Technological Revolution and Its Lessons (1965)
Chapter 5 : Management in the Big Organizations (1967)
Part IV : 1970s
Chapter 6 : Politics and Economics of the Environment (1971)
Chapter 7 : What We Already Know about American Education Tomorrow (1971)
Chapter 8 : Claremont Address (1974)
Chapter 9 : Structural Changes in the World Economy and Society as They Affect American Business (1977)
Part V : 1980s
Chapter 10 : Managing the Increasing Complexity of Large Organizations (1981)
Chapter 11 : The Information-Based Organization (1987)
Chapter 12 : Knowledge Lecture I (1989)
Chapter 13 : Knowledge Lecture II ((1989)
Chapter 14 : Knowledge Lecture III (1989)
Chapter 15 : Knowledge Lecture IV (1989)
Chapter 16 : Knowledge Lecture V (1989)
Part VI : 1990s
Chapter 17 : The New Priorities (1991)
Chapter 18 : Do You Know Where You Belong? (1992)
Chapter 19 : The Era of the Social Sector (1994)
Chapter 20 : The Knowledge Worker and the Knowledge Society (1994)
Chapter 21 : Reinventing Government: The Next Phase (1994)
Chapter 22 : Manage Yourself and Then Your Company (1996)
Chapter 23 : On Health Care (1996)
Chapter 24 : The Changing World Economy (1997)
Chapter 25 : Deregulation and the Japanese Economy (1998)
Chapter 26 : Managing Oneself (1999)
Chapter 27 : From Teaching to Learning (1999)
Part VII : 2000s
Chapter 28 : On Globalization (2001)
Chapter 29 : Managing the Nonprofit Organization (2001)
Chapter 30 : The Future of the Corporation I (2003)
Chapter 31 : The Future of the Corporation II (2003)
Chapter 32 : The Future of the Corporation III (2003)
Chapter 33 : The Future of the Corporation IV (2003)
About Peter F. Drucker
Books by Peter F. Drucker
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