The Future of Industrial Professionals

Author: Peter Drucker
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Every manager in the world should be grateful to this person, as he devoted his entire life to clarifying the role of people and 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 blindly pursues 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 is unanimously recognized by many friends and critics as the best of all my books. Indeed, I also believe this is my most powerful work. — Peter Drucker
The overall planning of this book is perfect, the writing is clear and profound, and it is a pleasure to read. Between every line on every page, the fragrance of continuous learning and long-term reflection is evident, making it worthy of study, thought, and careful, word-by-word analysis. — Jacques Barzun
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 — enables people to understand the essence of industrial society, its internal structure and operating mechanisms, and the full picture of its basic unit — the enterprise and its management.
The basic conditions for a society to function normally: Everyone has a clear social status, possesses legitimate social power, and fulfills their social functions according to the overall goals.
The basic conditions for the operation of industrial society: Treat the enterprise as a community and grant it social status, social power, and social functions.
This book includes: The Battle for Industrial Society, What Is a Functional Society?, The Mercantilist Society of the 19th Century, The Industrial Reality of the 20th Century, The Challenge and Failure of Hitlerism, Free Society and Free Government, From Rousseau to Hitler, and more.