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Book Description

The Best of Peter F. Drucker on Non-Profits and the Public Sector

Peter F. Drucker's classic and timeless insights on improving effectiveness in the public sector--including government agencies, hospitals, universities, and other nonprofits--are as relevant now as when they were written.

In these prescient essays, Drucker explores the merits of proper governance for nonprofits and the public sector by offering advice and guidance on effective business management strategies to help leaders of these organizations better understand, and manage, the complex challenges they face in our volatile world. Public sector leaders will learn how to apply many of Drucker's trusted management practices to nonprofits. In this practical guide, Drucker offers insights on a range of perennial issues:

  • the global economy
  • board governance
  • environmental challenges
  • succession planning
  • and other essential management topics

Packed with evergreen advice from the world's most trusted management thinker, Peter F. Drucker on Nonprofits and the Public Sector is regarded as essential reading for all leaders in this sector of the economy.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Publisher’s Note
  6. Preface
  7. ONE Toward the Next Economics
  8. TWO Saving the Crusade: The High Cost of Our Environmental Future
  9. THREE Business and Technology
  10. FOUR Multinationals and Developing Countries: Myths and Realities
  11. FIVE What Results Should You Expect? A Users’ Guide to MBO
  12. SIX The Coming Rediscovery of Scientific Management
  13. SEVEN The Bored Board
  14. EIGHT After Fixed-Age Retirement Is Gone
  15. NINE Science and Industry: Challenges of Antagonistic Interdependence
  16. TEN How to Guarantee Non-performance
  17. ELEVEN Behind Japan’s Success
  18. TWELVE A View of Japan Through Japanese Art
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Index
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