When Peter Drucker passed away in 2005, he was heralded - as he was for decades prior - as the "father of modern management." Drucker's writings helped to develop management as both a profession and an academic discipline during the past half century. Despite these acknowledged contributions, Drucker's influence seems to be missing from current conversations we have in management as a practice, and even more so in management as a research subject. We began exploring Peter Drucker's teachings last semester in CIMBA's Introduction to Management class. Students reported that this class opened their eyes to view management in ways that they had never considered before; many said they would devote more of their future studies to the discipline of management. This semester we'll continue our emphasis on Drucker's lessons and hopefully create a process that leads to better managers for our future.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961001.htm
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Excerpt from the BW cover story above:
"The story of Peter Drucker is the story of management itself. It's the story of the rise of the modern corporation and the managers who organize work. Without his analysis it's almost impossible to imagine the rise of dispersed, globe-spanning corporations.
But it's also the story of Drucker's own rising disenchantment with capitalism in the late 20th century that seemed to reward greed as easily as it did performance. Drucker was sickened by the excessive riches awarded to mediocre executives even as they slashed the ranks of ordinary workers."
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