The Concept of the Company - A Classic in Drucker's Management

Author: (American) Peter Drucker
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
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Every manager in the world should be grateful to this person, as he devoted his entire life to clarifying the role of people and the role of organizations in our society. I believe Peter Drucker has been more effective than anyone else in achieving this. — Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
Among all management books, Drucker's works have had the deepest impact on me. — Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft
Drucker is my hero in my heart. His writings and thoughts are very clear and stand out among the crowd that is obsessed with trendy ideas. — Andy Grove, Chairman of Intel
If the greatest invention of the 20th century is management, then Peter Drucker is undoubtedly the great inventor. — American Management Association
This book pioneered the new discipline of "management" and marked Drucker's establishment of his historical position in "organization theory." Through this book, Drucker built the intrinsic connection between "business (organization), management, and industrial society." To appreciate the spiritual power of Peter Drucker, one must start from the source of his thoughts, from his early works.
The Industrial Society Trilogy—The Future of Industrial Man, The Concept of the Corporation, and The New Society—allows people to understand the essence of industrial society, its internal structure and operating mechanisms, and the fundamental units of industrial society—businesses and their management in full.
Based on research on General Motors, it pioneered the study of management. After its publication, it quickly became the prescribed textbook for the management programs of the French National School of Administration and many other major corporate management schools.
Based on research on General Motors, it was the first attempt to reveal how an organization actually operates, the challenges and problems it faces, and the fundamental principles it follows.
It analyzes businesses from three social and political perspectives:
Analyzing the company as an independent entity in its operations.
Analyzing whether large businesses can fulfill the beliefs and commitments of the society they are part of.
Analyzing the relationship between corporate goals and social functions.
For a company to survive and thrive, it must address three key issues:
Continuously producing talented leadership.
Having fundamental policies that meet long-term interests.
Having objective judgment standards that are not influenced by human factors when implementing policies.
The Concept of the Corporation is a book about large businesses, a book that is not limited to the management and operation of large businesses, and a classic that no one whose fate is intertwined with the development of large businesses or who cares about their development can afford to miss! Its breadth and depth of thought cover all businesses that are growing into large companies and those that have already become large companies.