Drucker on Asia

Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) was one of the most famous management theorists, educators and writers of the twentieth century. His many influential books have shaped the form of the modern business corporation and continue to be studied by students of management and business professionals throughout the world.Isao Nakauchi was founder and former chairman and president of Daiei supermarkets, Japan.

• Part I: Times of challenge 1. The Challenges of China 2. The Challenges of a Borderless World 3. The Challenges of the Knowledge Society 4. The Challenges for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 5. Appendix to Part I Part II: Time to Reinvent 6. Reinventing the Individual 7. Reinventing Business Reinventing Society 8. Reinventing Government

'The idea alone is good: two old men, the American management guru Peter F. Drucker and the Japanese tycoon Isao Nakauchi, enter into a dialogue. The book that emerges from this is even better......Drucker knows so much, and views the economic situation more from the outside. Nakauchi can do so much, which means of course that he is right in the thick of it. An ideal mix for all future entrepreneurs, as the founders of tomorrow must achieve both: theoretical reflection and hands-on creativity.' Manager'Peter Drucker was the first of the analytical futurists and the first of the management philosophers. And for me he is still the best.' Wall Street Journal'His breadth of vision, his internationalism and his sober realism combine to make his analysis of the present and predictions about the future gripping.' The Economist'...Drucker, the most enduring management thinker of our time.' Business Week'...it would be difficult to overestimate his contribution to management thinking.' Financial Times