As technology, globalization, and business innovation advance at
breakneck speed, the question “What would Drucker do now?” 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 three—or came up with more
practical solutions to those challenges.
Since 2007, the Drucker Institute’s executive director, Rick
Wartzman, has been asking what Drucker would do on a regular basis—
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 Drucker’s ideas and ideals.
What Would Drucker Do Now? culls Wartzman’s best, most timely
columns into a single volume, offering a perspective on business
and society you won’t 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 Drucker’s remarkable mind. Wartzman
provides a smart, original, and provocative look at a world being
buffeted by change and in which all organizations—private, public,
and nonprofit—are searching for answers. What would Drucker do now,
indeed?
關於作者:
Rick Wartzman is the executive director of
Claremont Graduate University''s Drucker Institute, an organization
that advances the teachings of Peter F. Drucker with the aim of
bettering society by stimulating effective management and
responsible leadership. A former reporter and editor at the Wall
Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, he is a columnist for
Bloomberg Businessweek online and the editor of The Drucker
Lectures: Essential Lessons on Management, Society, and
Economy.