To Know the Real Drucker: Eight Articles Will Help You

　　To Know the Real Drucker: Eight Articles Will Help You is a collection of eight articles by Peter Drucker: “The Unfashionable Kierkegaard” (1949) and its introduction (1992), “The New World-View” (1957), “From Analysis to Perception: The New World View” (1989), “Reflections of a Social Ecologist” (1992), “What Is a Functioning Society?” (1942), “From Rousseau to Hitler” (1942), “The Human Situation Today” (1957), and “Management as Social Function and Liberal Art” (1989).

　　Readers can find the source of each articles in the table of contents and editor’s note per article. Of the eight articles, only the last one is from Drucker’s works on management. The other seven are from his books on society, politics, and economics. Although the world has hailed him as the “Father of Modern Management,” he considered himself a “social ecologist.” This book will play an indispensable role in explaining the reason for that and in further understanding the foundation of faith and worldview which Drucker’s social ecology (and, of course, management) is built on.

 

Forward The Way of Drucker’s Management Philosophy  009
Editor’s Forword  021

PART ONE
The Mundane Christian Faith: The End of Values, Commitment, Conviction and Aspiration  031
ARTICLE 1 Introduction & The Unfashionable Kierkegaard
(Abstracted from The Ecological Vision, Part 8: Why Society Is Not Enough)  033
Appendix 1
Nineteen Questions Regarding Reading The Unfashionable Kierkegaard”  059
An Understanding  065

PART TWO
The Worldview That Keeps Up with Reality: Purpose-Oriented Methodology  077
ARTICLE 2  The New World-View
(Abstracted from Landmarks of Tomorrow, Chapter 1)  079
Appendix 2
Ten Questions Regarding Reading “The New World-View”  100
An Understanding 103

ARTICLE 3 From Analysis to Perception: The New World View
(Abstracted from The New Realities, Conclusion)  117
An Understanding  132

PART THREE
Drucker’s Social Ecology: The Application of Faith and Worldview  141
ARTICLE 4  Reflections of a Social Ecologist: The Social Ecology’s Themes, Work and Characteristic (Abstracted from The Ecological Vision, Afterword)  143
Appendix 3
Eleven Questions Regarding Reading “Reflections of a Social Ecologist”  171
An Understanding  175

ARTICLE 5 What Is a Functioning Society? —The General Theory of Society
(Abstracted from The Future of Industrial Man, Chapter 2)  181
An Understanding  202

ARTICLE 6  From Rousseau to Hitler: The Lesson from History
(Abstracted from The Future of Industrial Man, Chapter 7)  215
Appendix 4  Peter F. Drucker’s View on Freedom  243
An Understanding  259

ARTICLE 7  The Human Situation Today: Upcoming Challenges
(Abstracted from Landmarks of Tomorrow, Chapter 10)  267
An Understanding  286

PART FOUR  Management as a Liberal Art: The Means to Achieve Social Ecological Vision 295
ARTICLE 8  Management as Social Function and Liberal Art: The Field, Legitimacy,
Principles and Characteristic
(Abstracted from The New Realities, Chapter 15)  297
An Understanding  313

PART FIVE  Reflection:
The Eight Essential Quotes of Drucker— The Most Fundamental Beliefs and Values in His Social Ecology and Management as a Liberal Art  321

 

作者簡介



Peter F. Drucker

　　Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) was raised in a culturally rich family environment and was influenced by the Judeo-Christian tradition. He immigrated to the United States in 1937 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 20, 2002.

　　A lifelong writer, Drucker is world-renowned for his more than 40 books. He studied finance in his early years and received a doctorate of law from the University of Frankfurt in 1931. He admired John M. Keynes (1883-1946) but was a follower of Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1955). Politically, he was highly critical of totalitarianism.

　　As a “social ecologist,” Drucker had keen insights and the courage to pursue innovation despite criticism. He established modern management discipline, advocating theoretical innovation and practical inquiry into management issues. Thus, he has been acclaimed as the “Father of Modern Management” and the “Guru of Gurus of Management.”

　　Drucker lived for nearly a century. He experienced two world wars, witnessed the processes of scientific, technological and ideological changes, observed the changes that took place from the industrial age to the intellectual (knowledge) and information ages, experienced the transformation from a capitalist society to a postmodern knowledge-based society, and offered prescient insights into world trends and human growth in the 21st century. We can say that his contributions will not be limited to the 20th century; his work will undoubtedly have an even more positive and far-reaching impact on developments and changes in the world’s future.

編者簡介

Minglo Shao

　　An entrepreneur and management educator, Mr. Shao was authorized by Peter Drucker and his family to establish the Peter F. Drucker Academy in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China to promulgate Peter Drucker’s Management as Social Function and Liberal Art (MLA) theories and practices. He is the editor of Drucker on Totalitarianism and Salvation by Society