“An imaginative book,arguing,for instance,for reliance on intuitions rather than‘facts’...a survival manual on how to escape organization traps.” --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The measure of the executive, Peter E Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence,imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.

Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned:

Managing time

Choosing what to contribute to the organization

Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect

Setting the right priorities

Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making

Ranging widely through the annals of business and government, Peter F.Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.

Preface

Introduction:What Makes an Effective Executive?

1.Effectiveness Can Be Learned

2.Know Thy Time

3.What Can I Contribute?

4.Making Strength Productive

5.First Things First

6.The Elements of Decision-making

7.Effective Decisions

Conclusion:Effectiveness Must Be Learned

Index