The Practice of Management
The book that turned management into a discipline.
Drucker's foundational text argues that management is a distinct, learnable practice rather than an accident of personality. It introduces management by objectives, examines the responsibilities of managing a business, managing managers, and managing workers, and frames the manager's job around making productive enterprise out of human and material resources.
Founders inherit a management role the moment they hire, and this is the source text for nearly every idea about running an organization that followed. Reading it gives founders the first principles behind setting objectives, structuring teams, and holding people accountable.
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Founders inherit a management role the moment they hire, and this is the source text for nearly every idea about running an organization that followed. Reading it gives founders the first principles behind setting objectives, structuring teams, and holding people accountable.
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