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Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

1991148 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1991
first published
  • 1970Pan · 183 pages · ENGISBN 9780330025072
  • 1988Heinemann Professional · 148 pages · ENGISBN 9780434903931
  • 1993HarperBusiness · 178 pages · ENGISBN 9780887306129
  • 2002Collins · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780060516079
  • 2005Collins · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780060832629
  • 1999Butterworth-Heinemann · 156 pages · ENGISBN 9780750643900
  • 2006Collins · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780060833459
  • 1991HarperCollins Publishers Ltd · 178 pages · ENGISBN 9780060912093

The measure of the executive, Peter 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.

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