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Following in the successful vein of Managing for the Future (1992) and Managing in a Time of Great Change (1995), the incomparable Peter Drucker is back with fresh thoughts, insights, and knowledge about the ever-changing business society around us and the ever-expanding management roles required of us all-chiefs, executives, managers, and knowledge workers alike.Two main themes are explored in many of the chapters in Managing in the Next Society: the rapidly expanding information shock wave that had its Internet Big Bang as recently as 1995; and the changing shape of our society to come-six major trends that are rapidly transforming our world into what Peter Drucker calls The Next Society.AUTHORBIO: From his first book, The End of Economic Man (1939), to this his most recent, Peter F. Drucker has been hailed in the United States and abroad as the seminal thinker, writer, and lecturer of our time on the twentieth-century business organization in all its for-profit and non-profit guises and forms.The recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, Mr. Drucker since 1971 has been Clarke Professor of Social Sciences at Claremont Graduate School in California as well as a frequent editorial page contributer to The Wall Street Journal.Earlier he taught at Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, and New York University.Mr. Drucker and his wife, Doris, live in Claremont, California.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #412477 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-29
• Format: Import
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 321 pages

From AudioFile
Condensed from a compilation of writings that appeared in a number of places, the audio has a exquisite logic that is typical of this legendary consultant's writing. In his 90s now, he is still the consummate trailblazer whose insights and foresightedness are indispensable guides to the future. The principal idea in this work is the notion that processes and contractual alliances now identify businesses entities, more so than traditional ownership or the boundaries associated with factories. The new organizational identity is complex and patched together through international partnerships that blur traditional concepts of identity and require more flexible forms of management. This idea and observations about demographics, immigration, and the emergence of the knowledge worker make this essential listening for managers. T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Touted as the longtime business analyst's last book, this is a compilation of essays culled from previously published material. In these pieces, which are not arranged in chronological order, Drucker covers trends, emerging industries, and management and sociological changes that can adversely affect or expand the bottom line for businesses. Drucker tracks the U.S.' movement away from a manufacturing-based to a service-oriented economy specializing in industries such as technology, health care, and management. Drucker provides insight into the emerging industry of biotechnology and the new profession of knowledge management. What is the growth trend for biotechnology? Stocks for biotechnology are not expected to zoom to overinflated proportions, as dot-com stocks did, and Drucker tells us why. He also takes us back to past events that have shaped our current society, such as the Industrial Revolution and the evolution of the businessman from the gentleman to the technologist. For 60 years, Drucker has written expertly about what he knows best, and his wisdom shines through here. His loyal audience will line up for this one. Eileen Hardy
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USA Today
"...there is much we can learn, about the past and future, from this collection of [Drucker's] recent writing"

Customer Reviews

Milking the "Drucker" Cow!
Peter Drucker was the father of the post war business revolution.And his every books will stand the test of time as he shaped modern business practises from Watson to Ford to Gates.With due respect, this book is just a reflection of the genius who still sparkles sporadically with his genius thoughts and this book is mediocre..by the standards that Drucker set in his haydays...

A compilation of articles and Interviews, each chapters and sections have no relationship to the title of the book and excessive importance given to Japan and hardly any reference to India and China makes it irrelevant..And US's foreign policy messups /Sep11 did not exist then.Yet think about his predictions on Japan on many fronts ( ex:Bureacracy) and replace Japan with India/China and you have the answer..

Skip this book and go on to other Drucker's book written 25 or 30 years earlier when he was still relatively young.Read Ram Charan, Prahalad's book for latest business wisdom as well

Collection of Exerpts
This book is an interesting collection of chapters, interviews and ideas by Drucker. There are a handful of good ideas, but as a whole, the book is disjointed and no clear point or argument is raised. While it is good fodder for quotes, don't expect to emerge with any great ideas or new perspectives.

The book is about our future, as it is clearly seen by a brilliant visionary
In this book, Peter F. Drucker provided his assessment of social, economic, and organizational developments of the near future. It might be tempting to discount this important work as just another set of predictions. Yet, coming from Drucker, the insights contained in this book are realities rather than possibilities. The book is about our future, as it is clearly seen by a brilliant visionary-the future, which is described to us with the patience and repetition of a great teacher, so we can internalize and begin to act on its implications even before the rest of us are able to distinguish its features.