The Essential Drucker
by Peter F. Drucker
Selections from sixty years of Drucker on management, the individual and society: the purpose of a business is to create a customer, managing oneself, effectiveness, knowledge workers, innovation. It is the best single-volume entry to the most important management thinker, and the 'Managing Oneself' material alone justifies it.
Read it if…
you want Drucker's core ideas in one volume.
Skip it if…
you want a specific topic in depth; go to the individual books.
Three things you will actually use
- Know your strengths through feedback analysis.
- Effectiveness can be learned.
- The customer defines the business.
Do this first
Read 'Managing Oneself' and answer: what are my strengths, how do I perform, what are my values?
Our verdict
Best single-volume Drucker.
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