PETER DRUCKER
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909-November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”Widely considered to be the father of “modern management,” his 39 books and countless scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are organized across all sectors of society—in business, government and the non-profit world. His writings have predicted many of the major developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization and decentralization; the rise of Japan to economic world power; the decisive importance of marketing; and the emergence of the information society with its necessity of lifelong learning.
BASIC IDEAS
• Decentralization and simplification. Drucker discounted the command and control model and asserted that companies work best when they are decentralized. According to Drucker, corporations tend to produce too many products, hire employees they don't need (when a better solution would be outsourcing), and expand into economic sectors that they should avoid.
• A profound scepticism of macroeconomic theory. Drucker contended that economists of all schools fail to explain significant aspects of modern economies.
• Respect of the worker. Drucker believed that employees are assets and not liabilities. He taught that knowledge workers are the essential ingredients of the modern economy.
• A belief in what he called "the sickness of government." Drucker made non-partisan claims that government is often unable or unwilling to provide new services that people need or want, though he believed that this condition is not inherent to democracy.
• The need for "planned abandonment." Busi ...