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To leaders, students, and admirers everywhere,
he is "the father of modern management" and "the
man who invented corporate America." According to Forbes
magazine, he is still "the youngest managerial mind"
after sixty prolific years of writing, lecturing, and consulting.
He is Peter F. Drucker, the world's most widely read and
influential thinker on business and management.
While there have been several books about
Peter Drucker and his life, this is the first to present
a comprehensive synthesis and in-depth analysis of his works
and insights on management. Drawing from over forty years
as a student, follower, and friend, John E. Flaherty has
created a definitive account of Drucker's managerial achievements.
An expert on management himself, Flaherty provides readers
with a practical overview of Drucker's most important contributions
to management and business strategy. He not only captures
Drucker's fundamental management concepts and ideas but
also shows how these principles have current relevance for
today's practitioners.
For those new to Peter Drucker, this essential
compendium is a crash course on his most profound discoveries
on management, change, entrepreneurial endeavor, and executive
effectiveness. For those who have read Drucker's extensive
writings, this significant volume offers deeper insights
into his more novel and far-reaching concepts. Filled with
useful summaries and checklists of key lessons, Peter
Drucker: Shaping the Managerial Mind distills a lifetime
of wisdom and experience for managers and students everywhere.
John E. Flaherty is professor emeritus
of management at Pace University in New York City, where
he was formerly dean of the Graduate School of Business
and chairman of the Social Science Department. He first
encountered Peter Drucker while auditing one of Drucker's
management courses at New York University in the mid 1950s.
Over the years, Flaherty has followed and kept notes on
the material from Drucker's lectures, books, articles, conversations,
and correspondence -- many of which have found their way
into Peter Drucker: Shaping the Managerial MInd.
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