WHAT WOULD DRUCKER DO NOW?: SOLUTIONS TO
作者： Rick
出版社：McGraw-Hill 2011年08月
简介：
As technology, globalization, and business innovation advance atbreakneck speed, the question “What would Drucker do now?” becomesmore relevant by the day. More than anyone of his time, PeterDrucker understood how the individual, the organization, andsociety are interrelated. And no one better recognized andarticulated the challenges facing all three—or came up with morepractical solutions to those challenges.
Since 2007, the Drucker Institute’s executive director, RickWartzman, has been asking what Drucker would do on a regular basis—in his popular online column for Bloomberg Businessweek. In eachpiece, Wartzman introduces a current issue and provides a view ofit through the eyes of Peter Drucker, based on his deep knowledgeof Drucker’s ideas and ideals.
What Would Drucker Do Now? culls Wartzman’s best, most timelycolumns into a single volume, offering a perspective on businessand society you won’t find anywhere else. Featuring more than 80articles, the book is organized into seven thematic sections:
Management as a Discipline
The Practice of Management
Management Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
On Wall Street and Finance
On Values and Responsibility
The Public and Social Sectors
Art, Music, and Sports
Covering everything from the federal bailout of GM and the scandalat Goldman Sachs to the roles religion and race relations play in awell-functioning society, What Would Drucker Do Now? explores arange of subjects as broad as Drucker’s remarkable mind. Wartzmanprovides a smart, original, and provocative look at a world beingbuffeted by change and in which all organizations—private, public,and nonprofit—are searching for answers. What would Drucker do now,indeed?
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"Channeling Peter Drucker to tackle some of this century's mostdifficult topics, What Would Drucker Do Now? is a veritabletreasure trove of fascinating reading. Drucker's insights werenothing short of remarkable, and Rick Wartzman pays high tribute tothat fact while adding a few of his own."
--Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJOAnd What Got You Here Won't Get You There
"Rick Wartzman has accomplished what I didn't think was possible: atapestry of ideas drawn from Wartzman's observations and personalexperiences, woven together with the wisdom of the most importantmanagement thinker of this or any other age."
--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, theUniversity of Southern California, and author of the recentlypublished Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
"Peter Drucker's thinking has had an enduring impact onconsumer-driven companies like Macy's. . . . [What Would Drucker DoNow?] serves as a compendium of the very best ideas that can helpall of our companies win in a highly competitive marketplace forproducts, services, and customer experiences."
--Terry Lundgren, Chairman, President, and CEO, Macy's Inc.
"This collection of essays . . . will broaden you as a manager, aleader, and as a human being. . . . Rick Wartzman has done theworld a great service by collecting the most incisive observationsof a beautiful mind and linking them to problems that face leadersand organizations everywhere."
--Brian Walker, President and CEO, Herman Miller, Inc.
"If Peter Drucker is the master, Rick Wartzman is the prized pupil.Drucker would be delighted to see his theories applied in such acogent, thoughtful fashion."
--Jim Weddle, Managing Partner, Edward Jones, and consulting clientof Peter Drucker
