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Management Challenges for the 21st Century
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Sales rank 40,739
Customers rating (based on 66 reviews)
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Peter 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
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| Publisher | Harper Paperbacks | | Release date | 06/2001 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Paperback |
| | List price | $18.99 | | Our price | $12.91 (you save 32.02%) | | Used price | from $5.7 |
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The Power of Cosmic Thinking: As we end the millennium, most commonly accepted management ideas are inadequate for the changes sweeping the world. Therefore, if we must borrow more from the church than the B-school to create a workable new management structure, then so be it. (@ Business Week)
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 Awesome and good read
First feedback about this book was posted on April 4, 2000 and today is February 25, 2010. This book is still interesting, after 10 years, when lot many things, which were predicted by Drucker ten years before, have come true. This is first time I am reading management book and I am invariably enchanted by the applicability of this book.
Excellent!
Excellent book that makes you think of everything in a different way. Obviouly written by - in my opinion- the top in management theories.
 Steer Clear of this seller
Awful, book was not nearly as good as described. It was completely marked up and in terrible condition. Amazon was wonderful and provided a refund.
One of the Best of Peter Drucker
"Management Challenges for the 21st Century," is the one of the last books that Drucker wrote. The chapters are the most updated of the Drucker books, which is no surprise given that the book was published less than 10 years ago. The author revised his essays that appeared in his earlier publications and books as per his observation and, I guess, feedback theory that he preaches in the "Managing Oneself" chapter.
In the first chapter, the author sets the scope and nature of management in the new relatively open world. He emphasizes the fact that the role of management is not limited by either the company boundaries or the legal boundaries of a state. In the second chapter, the author talks about 'the future that has already happened'. One of these 'certainties' is the demographic change in different parts of the world.
The third chapter lays our clearly that an organization must lead change rather that just responding to change, let alone resisting change. In the new always connected of data overload, the executives should be able to tell information from data. They should be able to screen the data for useful information. The executives should also be able to manage the information flow with his superiors, peers, and subordinates.
In the fifth chapter, the authors describes how the manual worked productivity created the foundation of developed world. The same must happen in developing countries. But the new challenge is not in the improvement of manual worker productivity, the tools for which have been identified already, and have been perfectly in many cases. With the percentage of knowledge based work increasing in the GDP of most countries, the world, particularly the developed world needs to improve knowledge worked productivity. This is a new challenge as the mean and methods of increasing the knowledge worker productivity are not as clear.
Finally the author believes that the knowledge worker must take the responsibility for his continous learning and growth. This is because of the fact that the institutions and structures in the older corporations that took responsibility for navigating the individuals through a predetermined career path do not exist now or are fast disappearing. In fact it is very likely that the worker will outlive the institutions. It is important, therefore, for the individual to know their strenghts, their weaknesses, and the way they produce. Some tools for getting this information is also described.
 In my opinion, the best Peter Drucker book
Hands down 5 stars. An entrepreneur and business person must read. The best Peter Drucker book. Through his essays, Drucker is able to forecast the future. Tremendous insight into the "Knowledge" worker. Get this book now....
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