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The New Realities

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 1994
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Peter F. Drucker
  • Language: English

The 'new realities' of the title refer to the state of government, society and the economy in the USA, Japan, Western Europe, Russia and the Third World. With characteristic… Read more

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The 'new realities' of the title refer to the state of government, society and the economy in the USA, Japan, Western Europe, Russia and the Third World. With characteristic authority and clarity of style, Drucker attempts to define the concerns, issues and controversies of today which will become the realities of the future.


Already the bestselling author of many books on management and economics, Drucker has innumerable followers. Now turning to address the changing demands of a post business society, the broad-ranging theme and vision of The New Realities will win him many more admirers.

Key features

Written by one of the world's leading management thinkers
Defines the concerns of today which will become the realities of the future

Readership

Research/professional, undergraduates and Business executives; Postgraduates of business/sociology/economics/politics courses

Table of contents

Preface; The political realities - The divide; No more salvation by society; The end of FDR's America; When the Russian Empire is gone; Now that arms are counterproductive; Government and political process - The limits of government; The new pluralisms; Beware charisma: the changing demands on political leadership; Economy, ecology and economics - Transnational economy: transnational ecology; The paradoxes of economic development; Economics at the crossroads; The knowledge society - The post-business society; The two countercultures; The information-based organization; Management as social function and liberal art; The shifting knowledge base; Conclusion - From analysis to perception: the new world view; Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 1994
  • Language: English

About the author

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Peter F. Drucker

Born in Vienna in 1909, Peter F. Drucker was educated in Austria and England. From 1929 he was a newspaper correspondent abroad and an economist for an international bank in London. Since 1937 he has been in the United States, first as an economist for a group of British banks and insurance companies, and later as a management consultant to several of the country’s largest companies, as well as leading companies abroad.

Drucker has since had a distinguished career as a teacher, first as Professor of Politics and Philosophy at Bennington College, then for more than twenty years as Professor of Management at the Graduate Business School of New York University. Since 1971 he has been Clarke Professor of Social Science at Claremont Graduate School in California.

In addition to his management books, Peter Drucker is also renowned for his prophetic books analysing politics, economics and society. These books span fifty years of modern history beginning with The End of Economic Man (1939) and including The Practice of Management; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Managing in the Next Society; Management Challenges in the 21st Century; The Effective Executive and The Essential Drucker.

Affiliations and expertise
Clarke Professor of Social Science, Peter F Drucker Graduate Management School, Claremont Graduate University, California