{"product_id":"peter-f-drucker-on-management-peter-f-drucker-9781633699670","title":"Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic Advice for Today's Management Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter F. Drucker's timeless thinking on management--distilled in this series of concise essays--examines the basic questions and issues that managers face. In rapidly changing times, Drucker's legendary wisdom is even more vitally relevant, going beyond traditional thinking to insights of enduring value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideas and themes of this easy-to-read guide are based on direct experience and knowledge from Drucker's years as adviser to large corporations, entrepreneurial start-ups, government and nonprofit agencies, and public institutions. They are eminently practical and resonate profoundly with the challenges managers face today. Drucker offers insight and advice on perennial management issues such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epeople decisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eresource allocation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eproductivity challenges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einnovation and risk management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand other essential management topics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with classic, evergreen advice--There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer--\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker on Management Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e is widely regarded as the gold standard for managers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotable Quotes from Peter F. Drucker: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe best way to predict the future is to create it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter F. Drucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633699676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633699670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Business Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.38w x 1.42d","brand":"Peter F. Drucker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994510065919,"sku":"9781633699670","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f554ac0-f18a-47be-b25b-a9d2cbd1206c.jpg?v=1683330579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peter-f-drucker-on-management-peter-f-drucker-9781633699670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}