Books by Peter F. Drucker

The best of Peter F. Drucker's articles on management, all in one place.That "e;management"e; exists as a concept, a practice, and a profession is largely due to the thinking of Peter F. Drucker. For nearly half a century, he inspired and educated managers-and powerfully shaped the nature of business-with his iconic articles in Harvard Business Review.Through the lens of Drucker's broad vision, this volume presents an opportunity to trace the great shifts in organizations in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries-from manufacturing to knowledge work, from career-length employee tenures to short-term contract relationships, from command-and-control structures to flatter organizations that call for new leadership techniques.These articles also offer a firm and practical grasp of the role of the manager and the executive today-their responsibilities, their relationships, their decisions, and detailed processes that can make their work more effective.A celebrated thinker at his best, in this volume Drucker paints a clear and comprehensive picture of management thinking and practice-both as it is and as it will be.This collection of articles includes: "e;What Makes an Effective Executive,"e; "e;The Theory of the Business,"e; "e;Managing for Business Effectiveness,"e; "e;The Effective Decision,"e; "e;How to Make People Decisions,"e; "e;They're Not Employees, They're People,"e; "e;The New Productivity Challenge,"e; "e;What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits,"e; "e;The New Society of Organizations,"e; and "e;Managing Oneself."e;

The Future of Industrial Man is the only book by Peter Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory

Peter F. Drucker argues that what underlies the current malaise of so many large and successful organizations worldwide is that their theory of the business no longer works. The story is a familiar one: a company that was a superstar only yesterday finds itself stagnating and frustrated, in trouble and, often, in a seemingly unmanageable crisis. The root cause of nearly every one of these crises is not that things are being done poorly. It is not even that the wrong things are being done. Indeed, in most cases, the right things are being done-but fruitlessly. What accounts for this apparent paradox? The assumptions on which the organization has been built and is being run no longer fit reality. These are the assumptions that shape any organization's behavior, dictate its decisions about what to do and what not to do, and define what an organization considers meaningful results. These assumptions are what Drucker calls a company's theory of the business.The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world-and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

This workbook embodies the stimulating process Peter Drucker uses in face-to-face consultations with nonprofit organizations. Following Drucker's method, participants ask and answer five key questions that focus on essential aspects of their organization, from the central values contained in its mission statement to the strategic vision of its long-term plan.

Through its two previous editions, the Leader to Leader Institute's (formerly The Drucker Foundation) bestselling Self-Assessment Tool has helped thousands of nonprofits discover their potential by honing their goals and objectives to their mission.

Enduring wisdom taken from the "father of modern management" with contributions from some of today's top organizational thought leaders With five simple questions, Peter F. Drucker and five well-known contributors challenge leaders to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them.

Talks about management, the individual and society. This book covers aspects such as what the non-profits are teaching business and the information that executives need today. It gives advice on knowing your own strengths and values, your time. It describes the coming of the entrepreneurial society and citizenship through the social sector.

Presents you with a conversation between Peter F Drucker and Peter M Senge, hosted by Frances Hesselbein. In this package - which includes a video and companion workbook - these two great minds of modern management share their wisdom on how leaders can prepare themselves and their organizations for the inevitable changes that lie ahead.