By:Manan Chokshi Roll no: 09mba005 Publication: Publication: HarperCollins Published in 2004 Price: U.S $19.95 Pages: 429 Author: Drucker is the original management guru. He's written more than 35 books In 2002, President Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He had established his own BORN: Nov 19 1909,AUSTRAI Claremont Graduate DIED: Nov 11 2005,U.S.A OCCUPATION: Writer, University in Claremont, Professor,Management Calif. consultant Purpose: Identify your own strengths Then try to improve those strengths, adding new knowledge Look for habits that are standing in the way Try to learn beyond your own field. Finally, from the results of your record of expectation, effort and accomplishment, try to understand what you should not do. General ideas: Management Individual Change Society Content: 366 topics , which covers the entire scenario of the management structure. 1jan Integrity in Leadership: Evaluate the character of the CEO and top management when considering a job offer. 4jan Organizational Inertia: Make sure your nonprofit organization has rigorous tests and yardsticks to measure performance. 25jan Reinvent Yourself: Ask those ahead of you in age how they went about “reporting themselves.” What steps should you take now? Contd.. 17feb Social purpose for society:Define an organizational purpose that goes beyond next quarter financial results. 19feb Reprivatization:Make a list of which sectors will privatize next and determine how you can benefit. 30apr Psychological insecurity:If your employer cannot provide you with the training and experiences to maintain your employability, consider changing jobs 27june Legitimacy of management:Use your positon of authority to bring out whatever strength there is the people you are responsible for. 29sep Misdirection by specialization:Develop a process whereby each person in the organization understands his/her contribution on to producing the products and services of enterprise. 15dec Respect for the business and values:You should take an acquisition with which you are familiar. Key components: Managing oneself Reinvent yourself Managing for the future The purpose of a business Recommended: It is the book which truely in itself book for insight and motivation for getting the right things done It has covered many of the fields – management, business, world economy, a changing society, innovation and entrepreneurship, decision making,the changing workforce, the nonprofits and their management and so on. So this book would be of great help for the management students inorder learn lessons. Bibliography: www.druckerinstitute.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker The Practice of Management; HarperCollins 1993 The End of Economic Man; Transaction Publishers 1995 The Future of Industrial Man; Transaction Publishers 1995 The Effective Executive; HarperCollins 2002 “thank you”