Peter F Drucker

As relevant in the late 1990s as it was in the mid-1950s, Practice of Mangagement achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is of value to both managers and business studies students.

"What makes an effective executive? For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers" (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management--the executive. The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well...