Drucker on leadership: new lessons from the father of modern management

Pure Drucker. Every chapter brings a fresh, new approach to understanding theworld, the works, the leadership philosophy of Peter Drucker When I finished Bill Cohens book, I felt as though I had been listening to the voice of Peter Drucker himself.from the Foreword by Frances Hesselbein Peter Drucker, The Father of Modern Management, died more than two years ago. Yet his teachings are still studied and applied by practicing managers all over the world. Yet, though many seek his lessons on the central element of management -- leadership --he wrote little under this subject heading. In DRUCKER ON LEADERSHIP, his first executive PhD student, William A. Cohen, now an author and expert in leadership, explains Druckers lost leadership lessons--why they are missing, what they are, why they are important, and how to apply them. Drucker was ambivalent about leadership for much of his career. Despite his struggle with the conceptof leadership, he was well aware that it had a critical impact on the accomplishment of any and every project and human endeavor. However, he made it clearthat leadership was not by itself good or desirable. Although Drucker never wrote a book specifically about leadership, there is much he did write about leadership in bits and pieces scattered throughout his 40 books and hundreds of articles. These bits and pieces are so powerful that even those few which are credited to him now have had a major impact. It has saved many corporations from failure and helped guide others to outstanding success. For instance, Jack Welch, arguably the most acclaimed executive in the last decade, when asked about his accomplishments, credits Drucker. Yet many of Drucker concepts revealed in DRUCKER ON LEADERSHIP will surprise and may even come as a complete shockto many corporate readers. For example, who would have thought that Drucker taught that leadership is a marketing job or that the best leadership lessons for business or any nonprofit organization come from the military?

• ISBN: 978-0-470-40500-0
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 24/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés