Managing for results : economic tasks and risk-taking decisions / Peter F. Drucker.
By: Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand).
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1964 (1994[printing])Description: xi, 224 p ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0750619074.Subject(s): ManagementDDC classification: 658Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016822 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text aims to break through conventional outlooks and open up new perspectives - for ultimate profits - in the world of business.
Bibliography: p. 214-215. - Includes index.
Part I: Understanding the business -- Business realities -- The result areas -- Revenues, resources and prospects -- How are we doing? -- Cost centres and cost structure -- The customer is the business -- Knowledge is the business -- This is our business -- Part II: Focus on opportunity -- Building on strength -- Finding business potential -- Making the future today -- Part III: A programme for performance -- The key decisions -- Business strategies -- Building economic performance into a business -- Conclusion: The commitment.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction: The task
- Understanding the business
- Focus on opportunity
- A programme for performance
- Conclusion: The commitment
- Bibliography
- Index
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Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter F. Drucker has been Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California since 1971.