Management / Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello

CONTENTS INCLUDES:

Introduction: management and managers defined
Management as a social function and liberal act
The dimensions of management
Knowledge is all
Management's new realities part II
New demographics
Future of the corporation and the way ahead
Management's new paradigm
The theory of business
The purpose and objective of a business
Making the future today
Strategic planning: the entrepreneurial skill
Managing service institutions in the society of organizations
What successful and performing nonprofits are teaching business
The accountable school
Rethinking "reinventing government"
Entrepreneurship in the public-service institution
Making work productive and the worker achieving
Managing the work and worker in manual work
Managing the work and worker in knowledge work
Social impacts and social responsibilities
The new pluralism: how to balance the special purpose of the institution with the common good
Why managers?
Design and content of managerial jobs
Developing management and managers
Management by objectives and self-control
From middle management to information-based organizations
The spirit of performance
The elements of effective decision making
How to make people decisions
Managerial communications
Controls, control, and management
The manager and the budget
Information tools and concepts
The entrepreneurial business
The new venture
Entrepreneurial strategies
Systematic innovation using windows of opportunity
Strategies and structures
Work- and task-focused design
Kinds of teams
Result- and relation-focused design
Alliances
The CEO in the new millennium
The impact of pension funds on corporate governance
Managing oneself
Managing the boss
Realizing oneself - seven personal experiences
The educated person
Conclusion: the manager of tomorrow.

Includes bibliographical references and index