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Peter Ferdinand Drucker ( / ˈdrʌkər /; German: [ˈdʀʊkɐ]; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and ...
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
The Landmarks of Tomorrow is a book by Peter Drucker which appeared in 1959. It describes a change in society which took place between 1937 and 1957, whereby the precepts of the Cartesian worldview no longer hold sway. Cause is no longer the central concept in understanding the world, but rather pattern, purpose and process. [1]
Mort Drucker. Morris " Mort " Drucker[ 1][ 2] (March 22, 1929 – April 9, 2020) [ 3] was an American caricaturist and comics artist best known as a contributor for over five decades in Mad, where he specialized in satires on the leading feature films and television series.
Drucker's biographer Jack Beatty referred to it as "a book about business, the way Moby Dick is a book about whaling". [1] In writing and researching the book, Drucker was given access to General Motors resources, paid a full salary, accompanied CEO Alfred P. Sloan to meetings, and was given free run of the company.
Code of the Lifemaker. Code of the Lifemaker is a 1983 novel by British science fiction author James P. Hogan. NASA 's report Advanced Automation for Space Missions[ 1] was the direct inspiration for this novel detailing first contact between Earth explorers and the Taloids, clanking replicators who have colonized Saturn 's moon Titan .
Code of the United States Fighting Force. The Code of the U.S. Fighting Force is a code of conduct that is an ethics guide and a United States Department of Defense directive consisting of six articles to members of the United States Armed Forces, addressing how they should act in combat when they must evade capture, resist while a prisoner or ...
Bob Buford was an American cable-TV pioneer, social entrepreneur, author, [ 1] and venture philanthropist. [ 2] He co-founded Leadership Network in 1984 and later the Halftime Institute in 1998. Bob became founding chairman in 1988 of what was initially called The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and popularized the concept ...