The Concept of the Corporation (A Classic in Drucker's Management)

Author: Peter F. Drucker
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Peter F. Drucker is one of the most renowned management consultants in the contemporary world. Due to his great achievements in management, he is revered as the "Father of Management." Drucker was also an outstanding educator and writer, with a prolific body of work. His writings have provided modern business companies with numerous theoretical and practical foundations, earning him the title of "The Immortal Master of Management Thought in the Modern Era." Peter F. Drucker's question, "What do you want to be?" is a well-known Drucker-esque question in contemporary management. Peter F. Drucker, revered as the "Father of Management," was born in Vienna in 1909 and completed his education in Austria and the United Kingdom. From 1929, he worked as a foreign correspondent for a newspaper and also wrote economic commentaries for a London-based international bank. Starting in 1939, he moved to the United States to serve as an economic analyst for a British banking and insurance group, soon becoming a renowned management consultant for several major American and multinational companies. He later taught at the Management Institute of New York University for over two decades. Drucker was a prolific writer, covering topics such as the nature of industrial society, the fundamentals of business management, and technological change. His insights were profound and incisive, with each of his works setting milestones in management while solidifying his status as the "Immortal Master of Management Thought in the Modern Era."