Presents the tasks, responsibilities, and practices that must be followed to manage non-profit organizations effectively.

This volume presents an opportunity to trace the evolution of the great shifts in organizations, and to grasp more firmly the role of managers in the ongoing effort to balance change with continuity.--[book jacket].

The emergence of management in this century may have been a pivotal event of history. It signaled a major transformation of society into a pluralist society of institutions, of which managements are the effective organs. Management, after more than a century of development as a practice and as a discipline, burst into public consciousness in the management boom that began after World War II and lasted through the 1960s. What has the boom accomplished?...

"For Nearly Half a Century Peter Drucker has inspired and educated managers - and influenced the nature of business - with his landmark articles in the Harvard Business Review. Here, gathered together and framed by a thoughtful introduction from the Review's editor Nan Stone, is a collection of his most significant work." "One of our leading thinkers on the practice and study of management. Drucker has sought out, identified, and examined the most...

"The Essential Drucker contains twenty-six selections on management in the organization, management and the individual, and management and society. It covers the basic principles and concerns of management and its problems, challenges, and opportunities, giving managers, executives, and professionals the tools to perform the tasks that the economy and society of tomorrow will demand of them."--Jacket.

Analyzes the new limits and functions of government, the changing demands on political leadership, and the transnational economy and ecology.