MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES for the 21st CenturyPeter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management have changed and will continue to change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Forward-looking and forward-thinking, Management Challenges for the 21st Century combines the broad knowledge, wide practical experience, profound insight, sharp analysis, and enlightened common sense that are the essence of Drucker's writings and "landmarks of the managerial profession." --Harvard Business Review |
Contents
StrategyThe New Certainties | 41 |
The Change Leader | 71 |
Information Challenges | 95 |
KnowledgeWorker Productivity | 133 |
Managing Oneself | 161 |
Acknowledgments | 197 |
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