The Essential Drucker - Selections from the Management Works of Peter F. Drucker

Peter Ferdinand Drucker

Key Facts and Insights from "The Essential Drucker"

  1. Management is a practice: Drucker emphasizes that management is not a science or an art, but a practice that can be learned and improved upon.
  2. The purpose of a business: The fundamental purpose of a business is to create a customer, according to Drucker.
  3. Importance of marketing and innovation: Drucker highlights these two functions as the most vital for a business, arguing that they are the only ones that produce results.
  4. Value of knowledge workers: Drucker was ahead of his time in recognizing the importance of knowledge workers and the need...

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