Explore P.F. Drucker's management theory: decentralized leadership, management by objectives, knowledge worker and more foundational concepts.

It usually starts out strong: An employer knows what he needs, hires the person he wants, and the two set off on what they hope is a mutually beneficial professional relationship. Then, as often ...

A lot of people feel, and sometimes actually voice, that Peter Drucker’s “Management by Objectives” is deeply flawed. For those who don’t know, Management by Objectives is ‘ the process of agreed upon ...

CLAREMONT, CA - 2010: Economy Professor Peter Drucker, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, poses at his desk in this 1975 Claremont, California, photo taken in his office. (Photo by George ...

It was in 1954 that Peter Drucker first put forward his concept of "management by objectives" in his book, . The basic premise of Drucker's new idea was that organizations need to jointly identify and ...

Peter F. Drucker, 95, who was often called the world's most influential business guru and whose thinking transformed corporate management in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov. 11 at his ...

Atrue 20th-century icon of business brilliance, a man revered by political and business leaders throughout the world but whose insights often were slow to be accepted, died earlier this month. Sadly, ...

Peter Drucker emphasizes that the future is shaped by proactive actions. Here's how investors and entreprenuers can draw ...

I was speaking recently with a friend who was relatively new to his job and was confused: He had two major project responsibilities with deadlines approaching, didn't have adequate time to complete ...

Management by objectives is a technique applied primarily to personnel management. In its essence it requires deliberate goal formulation for periods of time (like the next calendar or business year); ...