Adventures of a Bystander

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出版社: Wiley
1998-02
ISBN: 9780471247395
定价: 452.10
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 352页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: Trailblazers
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  • "Itis[a]beliefindiversityandpluralismandtheuniquenessofeachpersonthatunderliesallmywritings..."-fromthePreface.

    Regardedasthemostinfluentialandwidelyreadthinkeronmodernorganizationsandtheirmanagement,PeterDruckerhasalsoestablishedhimselfasanunorthodoxandindependentanalystofpolitics,theeconomy,andsociety.Amanofimpressivescopeandexpertise,hehaspavedsignificantinroadsinanumberofkeyareas,sharinghisknowledgeandkeeninsightoneverythingfromtheplightoftheemployeeandtheeffectsoftechnologytothevicissitudesofthemarketsandthefutureofthenewworldorder.AdventuresofaBystanderisDrucker'srichcollectionofautobiographicalstoriesandvignettes,inwhichthislegendaryfigurepaintsaportraitofhisremarkablelife,andofthelargerhistoricalrealitiesofhistime.

    Inastylethatisbothuniqueandengaging,Druckerconveyshislifestory-fromhisearlyteenyearsinViennathroughtheinterwaryearsinEurope,theNewDealera,WorldWarII,andthepostwarperiodinAmerica-throughintimateprofilesofahostoffascinatingpeoplehe'sknownthroughtheyears.Theirpersonalhistoriesare,asDruckertellsus,thebeadsforwhichhisownlifeservesasthestring.Acolorfulgroup,thesediverse,oftenunpredictable,alwaysmultidimensionalindividualswerechosen"becauseeachofthem,inhisorherownhighlypersonalway,reflectsandrefractsthethirtycrucialyearsfromtheendofWorldWarItothefirstpost-WorldWarIIdecade-thethirtyyearsthatlargelyformedtheworldinwhichwenowlive."

    Anamazingpageantofcharacters,bothfamousandotherwise,springsfromthesepages,illuminatinganddefiningoneofthemosttumultuousperiodsinworldhistory.Alongwithbankersandcourtesans,artists,aristocrats,prophets,andempire-builders,wemeetmembersofDrucker'sownfamilyandclosecircleoffriends,amongthemsuchprominentfiguresasSigmundFreud,HenryLuce,AlfredSloan,JohnLewis,andBuckminsterFuller.Playingtoperfectiontheirrolesasthosewho"reflectandrefract"thecustoms,beliefs,andattitudesofthetimes,thesesingularpersonalitieslendAdventuresofaBystanderastriking"you-are-there"feel.

    AbriefencounterwithFreudbecomesthecatalystforanabsorbing,multidimensionaldescriptionoftheeconomics,politics,andsocialpsychologyofpre-WorldWarIIEurope.DruckerintroducesustoFritzKraemer,abrilliant,monocle-wearingeccentricwhobecameaninfluentialmentortotheyoungHenryKissinger.HispersonalmemoirofHenryLucedocumentsthedevelopmentofmodernjournalism,whilein"TheIndianSummerofInnocence,"herescuesandpreservestheveryheartoftheAmericanexperienceduringthelastNewDealyearsbeforeWorldWarII.

    Sheddinglightonaturbulentandimportantera,AdventuresofaBystanderalsoreflectsPeterDruckerhimselfasamanofimaginativesympathyandenormousinterestinpeople,ideas,andhistory.Theseenthrallingstoriescomplementandcompletethegroundbreakinganalyticalwritingforwhichheissorevered.

    Luminousautobiographicalstoriesbyoneofthegreatestthinkersofourtime

    "ThecastofcharactersamongwhomDruckermovesissuperblyrich,andtheinformedglimpseheprovidesofavanishedsocialandpoliticaluniverseisaneducationinitself.AdventuresofaBystanderisbetterthananovel,morelivelythananessay,andasthoughtfulasbothattheirbest."-TheHarvardBusinessReview.

    "AdventuresofaBystanderisavirtuosoperformanceinwhichDruckerdisplaysadazzlingdiversityofpersonalinterestsandknowledge,anawesomepowerofrecall,andacrisp,highlyreadablewritingstyle."-BusinessWeek.

    "AdventuresofaBystanderappearsinastroketohaverestoredtheartofthememoirandoftheessay.Itwilldoubtlessbeawhilebeforeitslikecomesroundagain."-TheWashingtonPost. PETERF.DRUCKERistheClarkeProfessorofSocialScienceandManagementattheClaremontGraduateSchool.WidelyregardedasAmerica'sleadingexpertonmodernorganizationsandtheirmanagement,Dr.Druckerhaspublished28bookswhichhavebeentranslatedintomorethan20languages.
  • 内容简介:
    "Itis[a]beliefindiversityandpluralismandtheuniquenessofeachpersonthatunderliesallmywritings..."-fromthePreface.

    Regardedasthemostinfluentialandwidelyreadthinkeronmodernorganizationsandtheirmanagement,PeterDruckerhasalsoestablishedhimselfasanunorthodoxandindependentanalystofpolitics,theeconomy,andsociety.Amanofimpressivescopeandexpertise,hehaspavedsignificantinroadsinanumberofkeyareas,sharinghisknowledgeandkeeninsightoneverythingfromtheplightoftheemployeeandtheeffectsoftechnologytothevicissitudesofthemarketsandthefutureofthenewworldorder.AdventuresofaBystanderisDrucker'srichcollectionofautobiographicalstoriesandvignettes,inwhichthislegendaryfigurepaintsaportraitofhisremarkablelife,andofthelargerhistoricalrealitiesofhistime.

    Inastylethatisbothuniqueandengaging,Druckerconveyshislifestory-fromhisearlyteenyearsinViennathroughtheinterwaryearsinEurope,theNewDealera,WorldWarII,andthepostwarperiodinAmerica-throughintimateprofilesofahostoffascinatingpeoplehe'sknownthroughtheyears.Theirpersonalhistoriesare,asDruckertellsus,thebeadsforwhichhisownlifeservesasthestring.Acolorfulgroup,thesediverse,oftenunpredictable,alwaysmultidimensionalindividualswerechosen"becauseeachofthem,inhisorherownhighlypersonalway,reflectsandrefractsthethirtycrucialyearsfromtheendofWorldWarItothefirstpost-WorldWarIIdecade-thethirtyyearsthatlargelyformedtheworldinwhichwenowlive."

    Anamazingpageantofcharacters,bothfamousandotherwise,springsfromthesepages,illuminatinganddefiningoneofthemosttumultuousperiodsinworldhistory.Alongwithbankersandcourtesans,artists,aristocrats,prophets,andempire-builders,wemeetmembersofDrucker'sownfamilyandclosecircleoffriends,amongthemsuchprominentfiguresasSigmundFreud,HenryLuce,AlfredSloan,JohnLewis,andBuckminsterFuller.Playingtoperfectiontheirrolesasthosewho"reflectandrefract"thecustoms,beliefs,andattitudesofthetimes,thesesingularpersonalitieslendAdventuresofaBystanderastriking"you-are-there"feel.

    AbriefencounterwithFreudbecomesthecatalystforanabsorbing,multidimensionaldescriptionoftheeconomics,politics,andsocialpsychologyofpre-WorldWarIIEurope.DruckerintroducesustoFritzKraemer,abrilliant,monocle-wearingeccentricwhobecameaninfluentialmentortotheyoungHenryKissinger.HispersonalmemoirofHenryLucedocumentsthedevelopmentofmodernjournalism,whilein"TheIndianSummerofInnocence,"herescuesandpreservestheveryheartoftheAmericanexperienceduringthelastNewDealyearsbeforeWorldWarII.

    Sheddinglightonaturbulentandimportantera,AdventuresofaBystanderalsoreflectsPeterDruckerhimselfasamanofimaginativesympathyandenormousinterestinpeople,ideas,andhistory.Theseenthrallingstoriescomplementandcompletethegroundbreakinganalyticalwritingforwhichheissorevered.

    Luminousautobiographicalstoriesbyoneofthegreatestthinkersofourtime

    "ThecastofcharactersamongwhomDruckermovesissuperblyrich,andtheinformedglimpseheprovidesofavanishedsocialandpoliticaluniverseisaneducationinitself.AdventuresofaBystanderisbetterthananovel,morelivelythananessay,andasthoughtfulasbothattheirbest."-TheHarvardBusinessReview.

    "AdventuresofaBystanderisavirtuosoperformanceinwhichDruckerdisplaysadazzlingdiversityofpersonalinterestsandknowledge,anawesomepowerofrecall,andacrisp,highlyreadablewritingstyle."-BusinessWeek.

    "AdventuresofaBystanderappearsinastroketohaverestoredtheartofthememoirandoftheessay.Itwilldoubtlessbeawhilebeforeitslikecomesroundagain."-TheWashingtonPost.
  • 作者简介:
    PETERF.DRUCKERistheClarkeProfessorofSocialScienceandManagementattheClaremontGraduateSchool.WidelyregardedasAmerica'sleadingexpertonmodernorganizationsandtheirmanagement,Dr.Druckerhaspublished28bookswhichhavebeentranslatedintomorethan20languages.
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