Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005)

An excellent book by Peter Drucker. He gets here the essence of what management should be and the actual role of executives in organization. That is to orient the resources available toward their productive usage. Many parts of the book can be extended to a more general conception of productivity or effectiveness than simply the big corporation and interesting conclusions can be drawn to personal productivity or family management for example. From time management to the effective way of taking decisions, all the key concepts are here and illustrated by highlights of the first half of the twentieth century history, be it from business or military worlds.… (plus d'informations)