{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-peter-drucker-paperback","title":"The World According to Peter Drucker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Drucker is arguably the most influential architect of today's corporate society. Yet no concise overview of his life and work has ever appeared--until now. Creating a Drucker primer as much as a biography, Jack Beatty has distilled the essence of Drucker's beliefs and strategies into one engaging volume. Spanning Drucker's childhood in Vienna during the first world war, through his first American teaching jobs when raging factions debated the best form of government (if any), to his immersion in modern management theory using General Motors as a model, and finally, to the era of downsizing facing his Fortune 500 clients, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Peter Drucker\u003c\/i\u003e also captures our own corporate evolution in this century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Drucker is arguably the most influential architect of today's corporate society. Yet no concise overview of his life and work has ever appeared--until now. Creating a Drucker primer as much as a biography, Jack Beatty has distilled the essence of Drucker's beliefs and strategies into one engaging volume. Spanning Drucker's childhood in Vienna during the first world war, through his first American teaching jobs when raging factions debated the best form of government (if any), to his immersion in modern management theory using General Motors as a model, and finally, to the era of downsizing facing his Fortune 500 clients, \"The World According to Peter Drucker also captures our own corporate evolution in this century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand news analyst for \u003ci\u003eOn Point, \u003c\/i\u003ethe national NPR news and public affairs program. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Rascal King, \u003c\/i\u003eon legendary Boston mayor James Michael Curley, won an American Book Award, was shortlisted for the NBCC award, and was one of \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the Year. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eColossus, \u003c\/i\u003ea book on corporations, which was named one of the 10 Best Business Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eBusiness Week. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was a Poynter Fellow at Yale, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants, a William Allen White Award for Criticism, and shared an Olive Branch Award for an \u003ci\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/i\u003earticle on arms control. He lectures frequently throughout the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.13 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52478343053619,"sku":"9780767903028","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Q2NqQ1RqNm5PNTNrV2t3K0xTdTF4QT09.webp?v=1759640342","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-world-according-to-peter-drucker-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}