Vol. 24, Issue 45 The Definitive Drucker Challenges for Tomorrow’s Executives—Final Advice from the Father of Modern Management By: Elizabeth Hass Edersheim 301 pp. McGraw-Hill 2007 Review by: Lydia Morris Brown

For more than seven decades, Peter Drucker’s advice, and observation of organizations, provided him with a unique perspective on business as an innovative agent of change. This perspective has resulted in practical and effective guidance for startups, as well as established companies, and has also guided “scores, if not hundreds, of careers in corporations and nonprofits.” As Elizabeth Hass Edersheim notes, “no one has understood the implications of social trends and transformed them into opportunities the way Drucker has. No one has done a better job of helping organizations capitalize on opportunities.” Thus, she offers The Definitive Drucker — not as a conventional biography of the “father of modern management” but (by his request) as a distillation of his ideas into a practical book that will help companies navigate the uncertainties of the 21st-century.

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