Read this book and skip the airport bookstore where much of what is included here is repackaged as fresh and new.

So much information I haven't found elsewhere. A must re-read, although there's a lot at the beginning (and some scattered throughout) that is more philosophical and less actionable. Also too long to properly summarize.The theory of the business has 3 parts: 1) Assumptions about the environment of the organization (society and its structure, the market, the customer, and technology). These define what the organization expects it can be paid for.2) Assumptions about the specific mission of the or...

The best book ever read on Corporate Organization and Management. The book that make you feel more intelligent and allow you to show wisdom. But the human and/or interpersonnal skills should be taken somewhere else. Personally, a mix of Covey (7 habits...) and Carnegie (How to...) may fulfill the blanks of the absolute necessity to deal with People and boost your executive career and capabilities.

I listened to the Audio version of Management as so many people have listed this as THE BOOK on management. I had read this for my business undergrad, but by not being in the workforce, it didn't mean much.So much of my reading focus has been on leadership and leading people. This book reminds us that there is so much more to all businesses than simply Leading. Processes, Focus, Vision, etc need to be managed.Many reviews can get into the meat and potatoes of what Management is about. I would pr...

I read this about 18 years ago, from my dad's library. I saw the revised edition at the bookstore today. Yes, it's the classic tome. I believe it has influenced me in subtle ways. Worth a re-read.

This might be the most impressive and impactful book I'll ever read. Almost every single one of the 61 chapters (which feel like they are filled with multiple essays) came with eye opening but crisp statements.Organizations exist to serve society.The purpose of a business is to create and serve a customer.A key task for top management is to define the business and what it should be.Operations are growing and optimizing existing things while Innovation is creating the new.Managers, above all, mus...

Unfortunately it is way too theoretical. I had huge expectations about this book but although I am sure there are some hidden gems, I would say it is not worth the effort.

This book is a beast. I should get college credit for reading it. It compares to Adam Smith's Wealth of the Nations, and this is the most satisfied I've ever been finishing a business book. Required reading.

No manager worth her weight should be allowed to manage people, projects or businesses without a fundamental understanding of the teachings of Peter Drucker, The Man Who Invented Management. Management Rev Ed captures a lifetime of Drucker's principles in one legacy guide book on the practice of management.The original text was published in 1973. This revised edition integrates Drucker's findings from then until his passing in 2005 at age 95. At more than 500 pages it is comprehensive, yet easy

Drucker has been a recent discovery for me. The clarity he brings to the role of manager at any level is refreshing. Though I would recommend the Essential Drucker as an intro.

Took me four years to read it through, but oh, how much Drucker has my heart! I've taken a book annoyed with some presentation where he was quoted. It seemed to be a case of putting just a quote without ever reading the actual work. Through the years I've collected my own fav ideas of Drucker and integrated them in my work because they just make so much sense. And that the book is finally finished doesn't mean I'm finished reading it. Planning to return many times to review what Mr. Drucker has

Without hesitation, I called Kotler's "Marketing Management" as the Bible of marketing, and using the same perspective, I will name this terrific book "The Bible of Management". There is not lecturer can teach management without using one of Drucker's publications, especially this book. I made a good use of the content of this book to quote some definitions about the social implementation of management literature, such like entrepreneurship.I have read the kindle version and it was well designed...

Had to read it as part of promotion requirements - the approach is very 20th century like but the world is a very different place now and the businesses have changed drastically. Not recommended for anybody.

This is the magnum opus of one of the greatest business minds of the 20th century, filtered and updated by one of his students five years after his death.It took me a year and a half to make it through this book. Each chapter was so dense with thought-provoking concepts that I couldn't read more than about one a week. The book's preface recommends reading each chapter as a standalone essay, which I agree with.The core hypothesis here is both simple and grand. Organizations (meaning for-profit co...

The longest academic book I have ever read, but absolutely worth it.How did our organizations, professions and our work begin and evolve to where we are today?What is the difference between businesses, services and innovative organizations.What are the different ways of producing work in organizations?What are the different ways of creating organizations?The answers to all these questions will definitely develop in you a new enriched perspective.Negatives:Very academic in nature, requires slow p...

Great book, though a bit long. I took many, many notes, which shows I learned a lot from it. But the writing style was a bit dry.

This was a thought-provoking read. Its subject matter is possibly too broad for this to be read in a few days or weeks. I ended up reading this over the course of a year. Going back and re-reading some chapters and sections was quite common as, while reading, I would be unable to resist searching for prior passages that I couldn't always recall. For the most part, this book doesn't teach management, it invites us to think about the various responsibilities and impacts of management. I discovered...

What other readers have written here is absolutely true. Anyone who wants to manage others should read this book first.As I read through the book, I found myself thinking to myself over an over again "how did one person put together all this knowledge?" The whole book reads like a home maintenance manual in that it answers questions you didn't even know you had before you read through, or poses problems that you hadn't considered but are vital to the health of any organisation, and gives clear s...

A classic management book - The Bible.I've read quite some management books and took variety of online and live training. All management concepts and guiding principles are in this book. It is practical and simple. If you choose to read one book and only one book on management subject, this is THE one.

There are few outdated things in this book so it’s still applicable. My only complaint was this quote from the last chapter: ‘You have to know them so well you can go and say, “Mary, you think you ought to move up to this next job? Well, then you have to learn not to have that chip on your shoulder. Forget you are a woman; you are an engineer. And you have to be a little considerate. Do not come in at ten minutes to five on Friday afternoon to tell people they have to work overtime when you knew...