Peter Drucker's centenary

Nov 18th 2009

Copied shamelessly from the Economist.com :)

A selection of past articles (some by the man himself) and a quiz to mark the centenary of the management guru—a term he hated—“to whom other gurus kowtow”

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Peter Drucker's 1990s: The futures that have already happened (October 21st 1989)

Peter Drucker is the grand old guru of corporate economics. Already, he says, companies face a different world economy, and a need for different corporate behaviour, from anything they have seen in the past. They may indeed already know that. But have they thought out how to respond?

Peter Drucker, salvationist (October 1st 1994)

“Mr Drucker’s background has left him with a burning sense of the importance of management. He believes that poor management helped to plunge the Europe of his youth into disaster, and he fears that the scope for poor management is growing larger, as organisations become ever more complicated and interdependent.”

Peter's principles (February 12th 1998)

“In terms of influence, Peter Drucker deserves to be measured alongside people such as Keynes or Schumpeter—but he has seldom been so. For this he has to blame a simple mistake: he invented the unrespected discipline of management.”

Innovate or die (September 23rd 1999)

The City of London’s revival over the past few decades mirrors the wider growth of the financial-services industry. But Peter Drucker argues that the industry will need a radical shake-up if it is to survive and thrive

Special report: Peter Drucker on the next society (November 1st 2001)

Tomorrow is closer than you think. Peter Drucker explains how it will differ from today, and what needs to be done to prepare for it

Trusting the teacher in the grey-flannel suit (November 17th 2005)

“The biggest problem with evaluating Mr Drucker's influence is that so many of his ideas have passed into conventional wisdom—in other words, that he is the victim of his own success.”

Management guru: Peter Drucker (October 17th 2008)

“I have always been a loner...I work best outside. That’s where I’m most effective. I would be a very poor manager. Hopeless.”

Management idea: Management by objectives (October 21st 2009)

“With the benefit of hindsight, it may seem obvious that managers must have somewhere to go before they set out on a journey. But Drucker pointed out that managers often lose sight of their objectives.”

Quiz: Peter Drucker at 100

From CFO.com: Test your knowledge of the teacher in the grey-flannel suit.