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The Effective Executive Revised

By Peter F. Drucker

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| Paperback | 9780060516079

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The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without theContinue

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Sometimes what separates classics from junk in a topic area is how honest and direct the author is conveying key messages no matter how unpleasant. Drucker, being the definite guru of management-related books, is brutally honest in this book about being an effective executive, or just an executive: ... (continue)

Sometimes what separates classics from junk in a topic area is how honest and direct the author is conveying key messages no matter how unpleasant. Drucker, being the definite guru of management-related books, is brutally honest in this book about being an effective executive, or just an executive: to paraphrase, an executive should never do what they want; they should do they are told to, and should not let their own wish, preference, or whatever get into the way. People pay you to do something for a reason. If it's all pleasant jobs then people could have done it themselves, right? Life would not be easier with this fact in mind, but at least you will know what to do?

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