The Drucker Lectures: Essential Lessons on Management, Society and Economy

The Lost "Oral History" of the Father of Modern ManagementThroughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings but also through his lectures and keynotes. These speeches contained some of his most valuable insights, but had never been published in book formuntil now.The Drucker Lecturesfeatures 50 full-length and excerpted talks from one of management's most important figures. Drawn from the Drucker Archive at The Drucker School of Business at Claremont University, the lectures showcase Drucker's wisdom, wit, profundity, and prescience on such topics as: Politics and economics of the environment Knowledge workers and the Knowledge Society Computer and information literacy Managing nonprofit organizations GlobalizationDuring his life, Drucker well understood that over the last 150 years the world had become a society of large institutionsand that they would only become larger and more powerful. He contended that unless these institutions were effectively managed and ethically led, the good health of society as a whole would be in peril. His prediction is unfolding before our eyes.The Drucker Lecturesis a timely, instructive book proving that responsible behavior and good business can, in fact, exist hand in hand.

Rick Wartzman is the executive director of the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University and a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek online. He is the author of Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and the coauthor of the bestseller The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire. He lives in Los Angeles, California.