The concept of a company

Author: Peter Drucker
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: All managers around the world should thank 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 a hero in my heart. His writings and thoughts are very clear and stand out among the crowd of people obsessed with trendy ideas. — Andy Grove, Chairman of Intel
If management is the greatest invention of the 20th century, 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 "organizational theory." Through this book, Drucker constructed 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 — enables people to understand the essence of industrial society, its internal structure and operating mechanisms, and the basic units of industrial society — businesses and the full scope of their management.
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.
The book covers topics such as: capitalism within a nation, the company as a human achievement, the company as a social organization, and the economic policies of industrial society.