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Drucker on leadership : new lessons from the father of modern management

Author: William A Cohen
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"A fresh look at vital lessons from "The Father of Modern Management"-exploring Peter Drucker's teachings on leadership. As we approach what would have been his 100th birthday, the late Peter Drucker's management principles continue to be studied and applied by managers all over the world. Though many seek his lessons on the central element of management-leadership-he in fact wrote relatively little under this  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William A Cohen
ISBN: 9780470405000 0470405007
OCLC Number: 326670330
Description: xi, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / by Frances Hesselbein --
Introduction: Peter Drucker and leadership --
Part 1: Leader's Role In Shaping The Organization's Future --
1: Fundamental decision: determining the business of the organization --
2: Process: creating a strategic plan --
3: Look, listen, and analyze: the information the leader needs --
4: Methodology: developing Drucker-based strategies --
5: Taking action: what it takes to implement your plan --
Part 2: Ethics And Personal Integrity --
6: Drucker's views on business ethics --
7: Effective leadership and personal integrity --
8: Seven deadly sins of leadership --
9: Effective leadership and corporate social responsibility --
10: Responsibility of a corporation: first, do no harm --
Part 3: Military: Drucker's Model Organization --
11: Leadership lessons from Xenophon --
12: Training and developing leaders --
13: Promotion and staffing --
14: Heart of leadership --
15: Leadership for upper management --
Part 4: Motivation And Leadership --
16: Leadership style as a motivator --
17: Motivating to peak performance --18: Charisma as a motivator --
19: Volunteer paradigm --
Part 5: Marketing Model Of Leadership --
20: Applying marketing to leadership --
21: Applying segmentation to leadership --
22: Applying positioning to the organization and the leader --
23: Role of influence and persuasion on strategy and tactics --
Epilogue: Drucker's legacy --
Notes --
About the author --
Index.
Other Titles: New lessons from the father of modern management
Responsibility: William A. Cohen ; foreword by Frances Hesselbein.
Local System Bib Number:
ocn326670330

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Although Peter Drucker, "The Father of Modern Management," died in 2005, his timeless teachings are studied and practiced by forward-thinking managers worldwide. His lessons and wisdom on the topic  Read more...
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