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Practical Leadership
by Peter F. Drucker
Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set (8 Books) (The Drucker Library)
Contents
Economic Threats
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Introduction: A Society of Organizations
Part I Executive Agenda
ONE Inflation-Proofing the Company
TWO A Scorecard for Management
THREE Helping Small Businesses Cope
FOUR Is Executive Pay Excessive?
FIVE On Mandatory Executive Retirement
SIX The Real Duties of a Director
SEVEN The Information Explosion
EIGHT Learning from Foreign Management
Part II Business Performance
NINE The Delusion of Profits
TEN Aftermath of a Go-Go Decade
ELEVEN Managing Capital Productivity
TWELVE Six Durable Economic Myths
THIRTEEN Measuring Business Performance
FOURTEEN Why Consumers Aren’t Behaving
FIFTEEN Good Growth and Bad Growth
SIXTEEN The “Re-Industrialization” of America
SEVENTEEN The Danger of Excessive Labor Income
Part III The Non-Profit Sector
EIGHTEEN Managing the Non-Profit Institution
NINETEEN Managing the Knowledge Worker
TWENTY Meaningful Government Reorganization
TWENTY-ONE The Decline in Unionization
TWENTY-TWO The Future of Health Care
TWENTY-THREE The Professor as Featherbedder
TWENTY-FOUR The Schools in 1990
Part IV People at Work
TWENTY-FIVE Unmaking the Nineteenth Century
TWENTY-SIX Retirement Policy
TWENTY-SEVEN Report on the Class of ’68
TWENTY-EIGHT Meaningful Unemployment Figures
TWENTY-NINE Baby-Boom Problems
THIRTY Planning for Redundant Workers
THIRTY-ONE The Job as Property Right
Part V The Changing Globe
THIRTY-TWO The Rise of Production Sharing
THIRTY-THREE Japan’s Economic Policy Turn
THIRTY-FOUR The Battle Over Co-Determination
THIRTY-FIVE A Troubled Japanese Juggernaut
THIRTY-SIX India and Appropriate Technology
THIRTY-SEVEN Toward a New Form of Money?
THIRTY-EIGHT How Westernized Are the Japanese?
THIRTY-NINE Needed: A Full-Investment Budget
FORTY A Return to Hard Choices
A Final Note: The Matter of “Business Ethics”
Acknowledgments
Index
Technology
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface
ONE: Information, Communications, and Understanding
TWO: Management’s New Role
THREE: Work and Tools
FOUR: Technological Trends in the Twentieth Century
FIVE: The Pretechnological Civilization of 1900
SIX: The Once and Future Manager
SEVEN: The First Technological Revolution and Its Lessons
EIGHT: Long-Range Planning
NINE: Business Objectives and Survival Needs
TEN: The Manager and the Moron
ELEVEN: The Technological Revolution
TWELVE: Can Management Ever Be a Science?
Index
Business and Society
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface
ONE: The New Markets and the New Entrepreneurs
TWO: The Unfashionable Kierkegaard
THREE: Notes on the New Politics
FOUR: This Romantic Generation
FIVE: Calhoun’s Pluralism
SIX: American Directions
SEVEN: The Secret Art of Being an Effective President
EIGHT: Henry Ford
NINE: The American Genius Is Political
TEN: Japan Tries for a Second Miracle
ELEVEN: What We Can Learn from Japanese Management
TWELVE: Keynes: Economics as a Magical System
THIRTEEN: The Economic Basis of American Politics
Index
Nonprofits and the Public Sector
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface
ONE Toward the Next Economics
TWO Saving the Crusade: The High Cost of Our Environmental Future
THREE Business and Technology
FOUR Multinationals and Developing Countries: Myths and Realities
FIVE What Results Should You Expect? A Users’ Guide to MBO
SIX The Coming Rediscovery of Scientific Management
SEVEN The Bored Board
EIGHT After Fixed-Age Retirement Is Gone
NINE Science and Industry: Challenges of Antagonistic Interdependence
TEN How to Guarantee Non-performance
ELEVEN Behind Japan’s Success
TWELVE A View of Japan Through Japanese Art
Acknowledgments
Index
The Network Economy
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface
Acknowledgments
Interview: The Post-Capitalist Executive
Part I Management
ONE The Theory of the Business
TWO Planning for Uncertainty
THREE The Five Deadly Business Sins
FOUR Managing the Family Business
FIVE Six Rules for Presidents
SIX Managing in the Network Society
Part II The Information-Based Organization
SEVEN The New Society of Organizations
EIGHT There Are Three Kinds of Teams
NINE The Information Revolution in Retail
TEN Be Data Literate; Know What to Know
ELEVEN We Need to Measure, Not Count
TWELVE The Information Executives Need Today
Part III The Economy
THIRTEEN Trade Lessons from the World Economy
FOURTEEN The U.S. Economy’s Power Shift
FIFTEEN Where the New Markets Are
SIXTEEN The Pacific Rim and the World Economy
SEVENTEEN China’s Growth Markets
EIGHTEEN The End of Japan, Inc.?
NINETEEN A Weak Dollar Strengthens Japan
TWENTY The New Superpower: The Overseas Chinese
Part IV The Society
TWENTY-ONE A Century of Social Transformation
TWENTY-TWO It Profits Us to Strengthen Nonprofits
TWENTY-THREE Knowledge Work and Gender Roles
TWENTY-FOUR Reinventing Government
TWENTY-FIVE Can the Democracies Win the Peace?
Interview: Managing in a Post-Capitalist Society
Index
Management Essentials
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Acknowledgments
Part I What Is Management?
ONE Why Managers?
TWO Management: Its Roots and Its Emergence
THREE Management: A Look Backward and a Look Forward
FOUR The Dimensions of Management
FIVE The Challenges of Management
Part II What Is a Manager?
SIX Managers and Their Work
SEVEN Management by Objectives and Self-Control
EIGHT From Middle Management to Knowledge Organization
NINE Staffing for Excellence
Part III What Is a Business?
TEN What Is a Business?
ELEVEN Business Realities
TWELVE The Power and Purpose of Objectives
THIRTEEN The Delusion of Profits
FOURTEEN Managing Capital Productivity
FIFTEEN Managing the Public Service Institution
Part IV Organizing and Managing for Performance
SIXTEEN The Innovative Organization
SEVENTEEN The Building Blocks of Organizations …
EIGHTEEN … And How They Join Together
Part V How Can Managers Use the Strengths of People?
NINETEEN Is Personnel Management Bankrupt?
TWENTY What We Know About Work, Working, and Worker
TWENTY-ONE Worker and Working: Theories and Reality
TWENTY-TWO How to Be an Employee
Part VI Management in Society and Culture
TWENTY-THREE Management and the Quality of Life
TWENTY-FOUR Social Impacts and Social Problems
TWENTY-FIVE The Limits of Social Responsibility
TWENTY-SIX The Ethics of Responsibility
Definitions of Key Terms
Index
Globalization
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface: The Future Is Being Shaped Today
Interview: A Talk with a Wide-Ranging Mind
Part I Economics
ONE The Changed World Economy
TWO America’s Entrepreneurial Job Machine
THREE Why OPEC Had to Fail
FOUR The Changing Multinational
FIVE Managing Currency Exposure
SIX Export Markets and Domestic Policies
SEVEN Europe’s High-Tech Ambitions
EIGHT What We Can Learn from the Germans
NINE On Entering the Japanese Market
TEN Trade with Japan: The Way It Works
ELEVEN The Perils of Adversarial Trade
TWELVE Modern Prophets: Schumpeter or Keynes?
Part II People
THIRTEEN Picking People: The Basic Rules
FOURTEEN Measuring White-Collar Productivity
FIFTEEN Twilight of the First-Line Supervisor?
SIXTEEN Overpaid Executives: The Greed Effect
SEVENTEEN Overage Executives: Keeping Firms Young
EIGHTEEN Paying the Professional Schools
NINETEEN Jobs and People: The Growing Mismatch
TWENTY Quality Education: The New Growth Area
Part III Management
TWENTY-ONE Management: The Problems of Success
TWENTY-TWO Getting Control of Staff Work
TWENTY-THREE Slimming Management’s Midriff
TWENTY-FOUR The Information-Based Organization
TWENTY-FIVE Are Labor Unions Becoming Irrelevant?
TWENTY-SIX Union Flexibility: Why It’s Now a Must
TWENTY-SEVEN Management as a Liberal Art
Part IV The Organization
TWENTY-EIGHT The Hostile Takeover and Its Discontents
TWENTY-NINE The Five Rules of Successful Acquisitions
THIRTY The Innovative Organization
THIRTY-ONE The No-Growth Enterprise
THIRTY-TWO Why Automation Pays Off
THIRTY-THREE IBM’s Watson: Vision for Tomorrow
THIRTY-FOUR The Lessons of the Bell Breakup
THIRTY-FIVE Social Needs and Business Opportunities
Afterword: Social Innovation—Management’s New Dimension
Acknowledgments
Index
Practical Leadership
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Preface
Interview: Notes on the Post-Business Society
Part I: Economics
ONE: The Futures Already Around Us
TWO: The Poverty of Economic Theory
THREE: The Transnational Economy
FOUR: From World Trade to World Investment
FIVE: The Lessons of the U.S. Export Boom
SIX: Low Wages: No Longer a Competitive Edge
SEVEN: Europe in the 1990s: Strategies for Survival
EIGHT: U.S.–Japan Trade Needs a Reality Check
NINE: Japan’s Great Postwar Weapon
TEN: Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese
ELEVEN: Help Latin America and Help Ourselves
TWELVE: Mexico’s Ace in the Hole: The Maquiladora
Part II: People
THIRTEEN: The New Productivity Challenge
FOURTEEN: The Mystique of the Business Leader
FIFTEEN: Leadership: More Doing Than Dash
SIXTEEN: People, Work, and the Future of the City
SEVENTEEN: The Fall of the Blue-Collar Worker
EIGHTEEN: End Work Rules and Job Descriptions
NINETEEN: Making Managers of Communist Bureaucrats
TWENTY: China’s Nightmare: No Jobs for the Millions
Part III: Management
TWENTY-ONE: Tomorrow’s Managers: The Major Trends
TWENTY-TWO: How to Manage the Boss
TWENTY-THREE: What Really Ails the U.S. Auto Industry
TWENTY-FOUR: The New Japanese Business Strategies
TWENTY-FIVE: Manage by Walking Around—Outside!
TWENTY-SIX: Corporate Culture: Use It, Don’t Lose It
TWENTY-SEVEN: Permanent Cost Cutting: Permanent Policy
TWENTY-EIGHT: What the Nonprofits Are Teaching Business
TWENTY-NINE: Nonprofit Governance: Lessons for Success
THIRTY: The Nonprofits’ Outreach Revolution
Part IV: The Organization
THIRTY-ONE: The Governance of Corporations
THIRTY-TWO: Four Marketing Lessons for the Future
THIRTY-THREE: Tomorrow’s Company: Dressed for Success
THIRTY-FOUR: Company Performance: Five Telltale Tests
THIRTY-FIVE: R&D: The Best Is Business-Driven
THIRTY-SIX: Sell the Mailroom: Unbundling in the ’90s
THIRTY-SEVEN: The 10 Rules of Effective Research
THIRTY-EIGHT: The Trend Toward Alliances for Progress
THIRTY-NINE: A Crisis of Capitalism: Who’s in Charge?
FORTY: The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing
Afterword: The 1990s and Beyond
Acknowledgments
Index
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