The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things DoneThe measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned:
Ranging widely through the annals of business and government, Peter Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations. |
Contents
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Know Thy Time | 25 |
What Can I Contribute? | 52 |
Making Strength Productive | 71 |
First Things First | 100 |
The Elements of Decisionmaking | 113 |
Effective Decisions | 143 |
Effectiveness Must Be Learned | 166 |
Index | 175 |
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