Overview
An in-depth look at todayās most pressing business issues through the eyes of Peter Druckerāthe father of modern management
āChanneling Peter Drucker to tackle some of this centuryās most difficult topics, What Would Drucker Do Now? is a veritable treasure trove of fascinating reading. Druckerās insights were nothing short of remarkable, and Rick Wartzman pays high tribute to that fact while adding a few of his own.ā
āMarshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO And What Got You Here Wonāt Get You There
āRick Wartzman has accomplished what I didnāt think was possible: a tapestry of ideas drawn from Wartzmanās observations and personal experiences, woven together with the wisdom of the most important management thinker of this or any other age.ā
āWarren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, the University of Southern California, and author of the recently published Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
āPeter Druckerās thinking has had an enduring impact on consumer-driven companies like Macyās. . . . [What Would Drucker Do Now?] serves as a compendium of the very best ideas that can help all of our companies win in a highly competitive marketplace for products, services, and customer experiences.ā
āTerry Lundgren, Chairman, President, and CEO, Macyās Inc.
āThis collection of essays . . . will broaden you as a manager, a leader, and as a human being. . . . Rick Wartzman has done the world a great service by collecting the most incisive observations of a beautiful mind and linking them to problems that face leaders and organizations everywhere.ā
āBrian Walker, President and CEO, Herman Miller, Inc.
āIf Peter Drucker is the master, Rick Wartzman is the prized pupil. Drucker would be delighted to see his theories applied in such a cogent, thoughtful fashion.ā
āJim Weddle, Managing Partner, Edward Jones, and consulting client of Peter Drucker
About the Book:
As technology, globalization, and business innovation advance at breakneck speed, the question āWhat would Drucker do now?ā becomes more relevant by the day. More than anyone of his time, Peter Drucker understood how the individual, the organization, and society are interrelated. And no one better recognized and articulated the challenges facing all threeāor came up with more practical solutions to those challenges.
Since 2007, the Drucker Instituteās executive director, Rick Wartzman, has been asking what Drucker would do on a regular basisā in his popular online column for Bloomberg Businessweek. In each piece, Wartzman introduces a current issue and provides a view of it through the eyes of Peter Drucker, based on his deep knowledge of Druckerās ideas and ideals.
What Would Drucker Do Now? culls Wartzmanās best, most timely columns into a single volume, offering a perspective on business and society you wonāt find anywhere else. Featuring more than 80 articles, 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 scandal at Goldman Sachs to the roles religion and race relations play in a well-functioning society, What Would Drucker Do Now? explores a range of subjects as broad as Druckerās remarkable mind. Wartzman provides a smart, original, and provocative look at a world being buffeted by change and in which all organizationsāprivate, public, and nonprofitāare searching for answers. What would Drucker do now, indeed?
This book title, What Would Drucker Do Now?: Solutions to Today's Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management, ISBN: 9780071762205, by Rick Wartzman, published by McGraw-Hill Education (September 7, 2011) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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