Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned: management of time; choosing what to contribute to the practical organization; knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect; setting up the right priorities; and knitting all of them together with effective decision making. The author ranges widely through the annals of business and government to demonstrate the distinctive skill of the executive as he offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious situations.
...ContinuaSometimes 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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