Management Guru Peter Drucker - podcastview details
Podcast interview, on NPR, with Peter Drucker on management, the state of the world today and where we are headed. A profound view from Peter Drucker in his 95th year.
The Shape of Things to Comeview details
"We are now evolving toward structures in which rank means responsibility but not authority. And in which your job is not to command but to persuade."
My Life as a Knowledge Workerview details
"The leading management thinker describes seven personal experiences that taught him how to grow, to change, and to age--without becoming a prisoner of the past"
Peter F. Drucker Wall Street Journal Opinion Piecesview details
Opinion Essays by Drucker, including: The American CEO, 2004; How to Save the Family Business, 1994; The Five Deadly Business Sins, 1993; India and 'Appropriate' Technology, 1979 and Is Executive Pay Excessive?, 1977.
The Relentless Contrarianview details
what's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There's no excuse for it. No justification. No explanation. This is morally and socially unforgivable, and we'll pay a very nasty price.
Knowledge workers are the new capitalistsview details
"knowledge workers are highly mobile within their specialism. They think nothing of moving from one university, one company or one country to another, as long as they stay within the same field of knowledge. There is a lot of talk about trying to restore knowledge workers' loyalty to their employing organisation, but such efforts will get nowhere. Knowledge workers may have an attachment to an organisation and feel comfortable with it, but their primary allegiance is likely to be to their specialised branch of knowledge."