TY - GEN AU - Drucker, Peter F. TI - The practice of management SN - 9780060878979 U1 - 658 PY - 1986/// CY - New York PB - Harper, KW - Management KW - Organization and Administration KW - Industrial management N1 - Introduction: The Nature of Management; Managing a Business; Managing Managers; Structure of Management; The Management of Worker and Work; What it means to be a manager; The responsibilities of management N2 - This classic volume achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is a valuable contribution to the study of business efficiency which should be read by anyone wanting information about the developments and place of management, and it is as relevant today as when it was first written. This is a practical book, written out of many years of experience in working with managements of small, medium and large corporations. It aims to be a management guide, enabling readers to examine their own work and performance, to diagnose their weaknesses and to improve their own effectiveness as well as the results of the enterprise they are responsible for ER -