Managing in a Time of Great Change

'It is not so very difficult to predict the future. It is only pointless...what is always far more important are fundamental changes that happened though no one predicted them or could possible have predicted them.' (quote taken from this book). It is these unpredictable and irreversible changes from the past, and their effect on the role of the executive which Peter Drucker examines in his latest book. The management of change is a subject which has been, undoubtedly, the principal preoccupation of management thinkers in the 1990s. Peter Drucker, the guru's guru, brings together a group of his own original essays and interviews on this vitally important topic. As ever, he provides invaluable food for thought for all executives and students of business and management.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Interview: The post-capitalist executive; Management - The theory of the business; Planning for uncertainty; The five deadly business sins; Managing the family business; Six rules for presidents; Managing in the network society; The information-based organization - The new society of organizations; There's three kinds of teams; The information revolution in retail; Be data literate: know what to know; We need to measure, not count; The information executives need today; The economy - Trade lessons from the world economy; The US economy's power shift; Where the new markets are; The Pacific Rim and the world economy; China's growth markets; The end of Japan, Inc?; A weak dollar strengthens Japan; The new superpower: the overseas Chinese; The society - A century of social transformations; It profits us to strengthen non-profits; Knowledge work and gender roles; Reinventing government; Can the democracies win the peace?; Conclusion; Interview: Managing in a post-capitalist society; Index.

Peter F. Drucker