Managing in the next society（下一个社会中的管理）

Following in the successful vein of Managing for the Future (1992) and Managing in a Time of Great Change (1995), the incomparable Peter Drucker is back with fresh thoughts, insights, and knowledge about the ever-changing business society around us and the ever-expanding management roles required of us all-chiefs, executives, managers, and knowledge workers alike.
Two main themes are explored in many of the chapters in Managing in the Next Society: the rapidly expanding information shock wave that had its Internet Big Bang as recently as 1995; and the changing shape of our society to come-six major trends that are rapidly transforming our world into what Peter Drucker calls The Next Society.

From AudioFile
Condensed from a compilation of writings that appeared in a number of places, the audio has a exquisite logic that is typical of this legendary consultant's writing. In his 90s now, he is still the consummate trailblazer whose insights and foresightedness are indispensable guides to the future. The principal idea in this work is the notion that processes and contractual alliances now identify businesses entities, more so than traditional ownership or the boundaries associated with factories. The new organizational identity is complex and patched together through international partnerships that blur traditional concepts of identity and require more flexible forms of management. This idea and observations about demographics, immigration, and the emergence of the knowledge worker make this essential listening for managers. T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist
Touted as the longtime business analyst's last book, this is a compilation of essays culled from previously published material. In these pieces, which are not arranged in chronological order, Drucker covers trends, emerging industries, and management and sociological changes that can adversely affect or expand the bottom line for businesses. Drucker tracks the U.S.' movement away from a manufacturing-based to a service-oriented economy specializing in industries such as technology, health care, and management. Drucker provides insight into the emerging industry of biotechnology and the new profession of knowledge management. What is the growth trend for biotechnology? Stocks for biotechnology are not expected to zoom to overinflated proportions, as dot-com stocks did, and Drucker tells us why. He also takes us back to past events that have shaped our current society, such as the Industrial Revolution and the evolution of the businessman from the gentleman to the technologist. For 60 years, Drucker has written expertly about what he knows best, and his wisdom shines through here. His loyal audience will line up for this one. Eileen Hardy
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USA Today
"...there is much we can learn, about the past and future, from this collection of [Drucker's] recent writing" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Money Magazine
"True to form, his often deeply contrarian insights are authoritatively represented, backed up with rich historical precedents and persuasively argued." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Hardy Green, Business Week
"Readers will emerge from this collection of previously published articles feeling stimulated..." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
"Our debt to Peter Drucker know no limits." -Tom Peters
--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Peter F. Drucker, From his first book, The End of Economic Man (1939), to this his most recent, Peter F. Drucker has been hailed in the United States and abroad as the seminal thinker, writer, and lecturer of our time on the twentieth-century business organization in all its for-profit and non-profit guises and forms. The recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, Mr. Drucker since 1971 has been Clarke Professor of Social Sciences at Claremont Graduate School in California as well as a frequent editorial page contributer to The Wall Street Journal. Earlier he taught at Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, and New York University. Mr. Drucker and his wife, Doris, live in Claremont, California.

Preface
PART I: THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
　1.　Beyond the Information Revolution
　2.　The Exploding World of the Internet
　3.　From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy
　4.　E-Commerce: The Central Challenge
　5.　The New Economy Isn't Here Yet
　6.　The CEO in the New Millennium
PART II: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
　7.　Entrepreneurs and Innovation
　8.　They're Not Employees, They're People
　9.　Financial Services: Innovate or Die
　10.　Moving Beyond Capitalism?
PART III: THE CHANGING WORLD ECONOMY
　11.　The Rise of the Great Institutions
　12.　The Global Economy and the Nation-State
　13.　It's the Society, Stupid
　14.　On Civilizing the City
PART IV: THE NEXT SOCIETY
　15.　The Next Society
　　The New Demographics
　　The New Workforce
　　The Manufacturing Paradox
　　Will the Corporation Survive?
　　The Future of Top Management
　　The Way Ahead
Acknowledgments
Index