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Hi, All.
It appears that the Drucker Foundation has issued a revised version of Drucker's classic, Management. Has anybody read the revised edition yet who would care to comment? Is it worth the read, or should I just re-read my copy of the original?
Thanks.
- Eric
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
I'm curious if it is a revision of the previous Management book or a conglomeration of topics from Drucker's other books put together?
I remember briefly going through some of the new Management book at the airport and found a bit of different material.
Anyway, if anyone has both books, what are the differences? :)
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
Alright I finally bought the book, starting to read through it now.
The book is updated for 2008 (fantastic timing as the previous was made in the 70's :) ) and the book is easier on the eyes than the previous Management book. However, it is still a dense read but this book seems to do a better job of organizing Drucker's thoughts and providing examples for each of his thoughts.
That's all I can give for now, I shall continue giving updates as I keep reading!
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
Please do update us, although I will feel so incredibly nerdy reading this.
I may have to put it in a book jacket to avoid the taunting of the other scientists :D
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
Scientists are going to taunt you for being nerdy? :wink:
What comes to mind is the Weird Al Yankovic song "White & Nerdy"
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
I hope "revised" means that they fixed the blatant spelling error on the spine. The paperback edition I have from 1993 has the word "repsonsibLilities" (note the extra L). Oops!
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
[quote="terrih"]Scientists are going to taunt you for being nerdy? :wink:
What comes to mind is the Weird Al Yankovic song "White & Nerdy"[/quote]
Actually, I know all the words to that song. And can do a pretty credible rap performance of it, in fact.
But I'm sure that's just a coincidence. 8)
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
[quote="bug_girl"][quote="terrih"]Scientists are going to taunt you for being nerdy? :wink:
What comes to mind is the Weird Al Yankovic song "White & Nerdy"[/quote]
Actually, I know all the words to that song. And can do a pretty credible rap performance of it, in fact.[/quote]
OK, we need a recording of that!
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
Actually, the best thing that got recorded this year was me giving a tour of our new dairy facility. About 5 minutes after I warned the visitors that cows like to lick things and they should stand back if they didn't want to get drooled on, I was gesturing up to our new ventilation system.
And a cow extended her tongue out and licked me in the armpit.
(Cows have about a 30cm tongue.)
It's all on video, which has not, mercifully, showed up on YouTube. Yet.
Next year when we have the new dairy fully online, we'll have a cow cam and call it MooTube. I do not plan to be featured on it.
[i]Ever[/i].
But before I derail this thread too much--I did want more folks' input on Drucker, and if it's still relevant. I'm hearing "[b]yes[/b]."
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
[quote="bug_girl"][quote="terrih"]Scientists are going to taunt you for being nerdy? :wink:
What comes to mind is the Weird Al Yankovic song "White & Nerdy"[/quote]
Actually, I know all the words to that song. And can do a pretty credible rap performance of it, in fact.
But I'm sure that's just a coincidence. 8)[/quote]
I'm sure it must be. :twisted:
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
[quote="bug_girl"]I did want more folks' input on Drucker, and if it's still relevant. I'm hearing "[b]yes[/b]."[/quote]
Drucker's methodologies and practices will be relevant until the end of creation! I'm working on a blog based off of Peter Drucker's core principles: [url]http://jorriangelink.wordpress.com[/url] but so far I only have one post! And it's a short post believe it or not! Subscribe to the RSS feed or add me to LinkedIn if you wish to keep updated :)
And [u]drinkcoffee[/u], with Management: Revised Edition they took "Responsibilities" out of the spine of the book :P , no spelling errors there!
[i]I'm a whiz at minesweeper and I play for days![/i] Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" :)
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
Just bought this today, before seeing your posts... I'll let you know... it is looooong, as is the other, so I guess they didn't cut anything out. :)
Still, I'm looking forward to a good read.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (Revised)
The book is amazing. Every chapters makes me go "WOW!" and inspires me to continue to soak in everything Peter Drucker has to offer. The book's writing style is effective and I love the book even though I am only a few chapters in.
It may be my #1 Management Book for 2008 and on when I am done reading it!
For those awaiting for an actual review, it may take me a very long time as I am FINALLY making notes and marks in my books and for this one and other Drucker books I am working on putting the ideas into my Drucker Blog. Thanks for your patience!
Management: Revised Edition - Complete
Alright I am finally and I mean finally done this book.
I spent one week of my vacation locked up in my house (on the market to sell and not moving, at all :( )with no access to Internet just so I could concentrate and get through this book!
At 550 pages, the book is large. It is an accumulation of Drucker's work into a revised format for 2008. The book is straightforward on what points are important for a corporation with many, many examples of corporations that were successful during the years (and examples of successful and unsuccessful American Presidents). Here are some notes I took down for future writing on Peter Drucker:
As you can see, it ends at page 80. Out of 550. I still have TONS more notes to go!
I highly recommend the book for anyone that wants a large overview of management and how to apply techniques right away with up to date and current examples. I will warn it is dense and you'll be reading paragraphs over and over to let it sink in. Make sure to take a ton of notes and underline/highlight as much as you can!
There is a companion book called Management Cases, which is in the same format and I'll let you guys know how that one goes!
Thanks for the support everyone, I had a feeling I would be responding to my own question from September 2008 :D.
Jorrian Gelink
http://www.jorrian.com
http://peterdrucker.wordpress.com.
Here are the Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Peter Drucker's Legacy Jim Collins xi
Introduction to the Revised Edition of Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices xv
Preface xxxi
Introduction: Management and Managers Defined 1
Management as a Social Function and Liberal Art 18
The Dimensions of Management 26
Management's New Realities 35
Knowledge Is All 37
New Demographics 45
The Future of the Corporation and the Way Ahead 51
Management's New Paradigm 65
Business Performance 83
The Theory of the Business 85
The Purpose and Objectives of a Business 97
Making the Future Today 113
Strategic Planning: The Entrepreneurial Skill 122
Performance in Service Institutions 129
Managing Service Institutions in the Society of Organizations 131
What Successful and Performing Nonprofits Are Teaching Business 142
The Accountable School 152
Rethinking "Reinventing Government" 160
Entrepreneurship in the Public-Service Institution 171
Productive Work and Achieving Worker 181
Making Work Productive andthe Worker Achieving 183
Managing the Work and Worker in Manual Work 191
Managing the Work and Worker in Knowledge Work 197
Social Impacts and Social Responsibilities 211
Social Impacts and Social Responsibilities 213
The New Pluralism: How to Balance the Special Purpose of the Institution with the Common Good 225
The Manager's Work and Jobs 233
Why Managers? 235
Design and Content of Managerial Jobs 239
Developing Management and Managers 250
Management by Objectives and Self-Control 258
From Middle Management to Information-Based Organizations 269
The Spirit of Performance 280
Managerial Skills 293
The Elements of Effective Decision Making 295
How to Make People Decisions 308
Managerial Communications 317
Controls, Control, and Management 321
The Manager and the Budget 330
Information Tools and Concepts 341
Innovation and Entrepreneurship 357
The Entrepreneurial Business 359
The New Venture 365
Entrepreneurial Strategies 378
Systematic Innovation Using Windows of Opportunity 398
Managerial Organization 405
Strategies and Structures 407
Work- and Task-Focused Design 427
Three Kinds of Teams 438
Result- and Relation-Focused Design 442
Alliances 456
The CEO in the New Millennium 464
The Impact of Pension Funds on Corporate Governance 470
New Demands on the Individual 479
Managing Oneself 481
Managing the Boss 498
Revitalizing Oneself-Seven Personal Experiences 505
The Educated Person 514
Conclusion: The Manager of Tomorrow 521
Author's Note 527
Bibliography 529
Drucker Annotated Bibliography 537
Index 551