Effective Executive, 2nd revised edition [199310]

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The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to 'get the right things done'. Usually this involves doing what other people have overlooked, as well as avoiding what is unproductive. He identifies five talents as essential to effectiveness, and these can be learned; in fact, they must be learned just as scales must be mastered by every piano student regardless of his natural gifts. Intelligence, imagination and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that convert these into results. One of the talents is the management of time. Another is choosing what to contribute to the particular organization. A third is knowing where and how to apply your strength to best effect. Fourth is setting up the right priorities.And all of them must be knitted together by effective decision-making. How these can be developed forms the main body of the book. The author ranges widely through the annals of business and government to demonstrate the distinctive skill of the executive. He turns familiar experience upside down to see it in new perspective. The book is full of surprises, with its fresh insights into old and seemingly trite situations. It is a timeless classic from Peter F. Drucker, one of the world's leading management thinkers. It identifies five talents essential to effectiveness. It is a bestseller in the "Drucker Classic Collection". Contents: Effectiveness can be learned; Know thy time; What can I contribute?; Making strength productive; First things first; The elements of decision-making; Effective decisions; Conclusion: Effectiveness must be learned.

Effective Executive, 2nd revised edition

Author:	Drucker, Peter F
Date Published:	May 2007
Document Type:	Books
Format:	Paperback
ISBN:	0750685077
ISBN13:	9780750685078
Pages:	200
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann

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