The Definitive Drucker

The Final Word from the Father of Modern Management

Elizabeth Haas Edersheim

290 pages, parution le 01/02/2007

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Résumé

"We need a new theory of management. The assumptions built into business today are not accurate."-Peter Drucker

For sixteen months before his death, Elizabeth Haas Edersheim was given unprecedented access to Peter Drucker, widely regarded as the father of modern management. At Drucker's request, Edersheim, a respected management thinker in her own right, spoke with him about the development of modern business throughout his life-and how it continues to grow and change at an ever-increasing rate.

The Definitive Drucker captures his visionary management concepts, applies them to the key business risks and opportunities of the coming decades, and imparts Drucker's views on current business practices, economic changes, and trends-many of which he first predicted decades ago. It also sheds light onto issues such as why so many leaders fail, the fragility of our economic systems, and the new role of the CEO. Drucker's insights are divided into five main themes that the modern organization needs to, as Drucker would say, "create tomorrow" by

Connecting with customers
Innovating without abandoning what works
Developing lasting partnerships
Creating and retaining knowledge workers
Establishing disciplined decision making

Drucker's penetrating questions, posed to those seeking his advice, helped business, corporate, and political leaders throughout the 20th century to see their work in a new perspective, and create phenomenal innovation. Edersheim's extensive interviews with some of these luminaries, including Warren Bennis, Ram Charan, Bill Gates, George Gallup, Jr. and A.G. Lafley offer compelling commentary on Drucker's vast influence.

Delivering keen analysis and revealing insights into business, The Definitive Drucker is a celebration of this extraordinary man and his life's work, as well as a unique opportunity to learn from Drucker's final business lessons how to strategize, compete, and triumph in any market.

L'auteur - Elizabeth Haas Edersheim

Elizabeth Haas Edersheim spent over a year working with Marvin Bower on this book, completing the manuscript shortly before his death. Edersheim holds a PhD from MIT and worked at Mckinsey from 1979 to 1988. She was the first women partner in the Cleveland office and was a global leader of the firm's operations and manufacturing practices. After leaving McKinsey, Dr. Haas Edersheim founded New York Consulting Partners, Inc., and was the managing director for thirteen years. She has written numerous articles for publications including the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Str5eet Journal. She is currently a strategic advisor to a number of companies and continues to write in the business arena.

Sommaire

Introduction
One | doing business in the Lego world
Two | the customer: joined at the hip
Three | innovation and abandonment
Four | collaboration and orchestration
Five | people and knowledge
Six | decision making: the chassis that holds the whole together
Seven | the twenty-first-century CEO
Endnotes
Books by Peter F. Drucker

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Elizabeth Haas Edersheim
Parution	01/02/2007
Nb. de pages	290
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	590g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071472333
ISBN13	978-0-07-147233-3