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The Effective Executive
The 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 p...more
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ebook, 208 pages
Published
October 6th 2009
by HarperCollins e-books
(first published 1967)
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Mar 08, 2008
Janet
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I used to be a large reader of Jack Welch practices at GE, until I read that he looked to Drucker. I've been reading Drucker and re-reading Drucker ever since. He is the master at learning how to be "effective" and from him, I learned how to filter what are the best effectiveness 21st century leadership practices.
Now, after 14 years of running a company and 8 years of trying to create a leadership engine to run a company, I believe that the 21st century practices for effectiveness in order of s...more
Now, after 14 years of running a company and 8 years of trying to create a leadership engine to run a company, I believe that the 21st century practices for effectiveness in order of s...more
المنفذ الفعال: الدليل الواضح لإنجاز الأشياء الصحيحة
The Effective Executive. The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done.
للكاتب بيتر دركر الذي لقبته مجلة ول ستريت الشهيرة بعميد الفلسفة الإدارية في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.
الموضوع الرئيسي للكتاب يدور حول الفعالية الإدارية، و التي يؤكد الكاتب أنها صفة أساسية و جوهرية لابد أن يتحلى بها كل مدير، و يبرر ذلك بان المدير الذي يفشل في إدارة ذاته و توجيهها نحو الفعالية و الإنجاز لا يمكن أن يرتجى منه أن يقود موظفيه بدورهم نحو الفعالية و الإنجاز...more
The Effective Executive. The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done.
للكاتب بيتر دركر الذي لقبته مجلة ول ستريت الشهيرة بعميد الفلسفة الإدارية في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.
الموضوع الرئيسي للكتاب يدور حول الفعالية الإدارية، و التي يؤكد الكاتب أنها صفة أساسية و جوهرية لابد أن يتحلى بها كل مدير، و يبرر ذلك بان المدير الذي يفشل في إدارة ذاته و توجيهها نحو الفعالية و الإنجاز لا يمكن أن يرتجى منه أن يقود موظفيه بدورهم نحو الفعالية و الإنجاز...more
бухгалтерский учет, кадровая политика, маркетинг, ценообразование, экономический анализ, психология, а также в естественных науках – от физики и биологии до геологии.
пять основных элементов для повышения эффективности труда работника управления.
1. Эффективные управляющие должны знать, на что они расходуют свое время. Умениеконтролировать свое время является важнейшим элементом производительной работы.
2. Эффективные управляющие должны концентрироваться на достижения, выходящие за рамки своих орга...more
пять основных элементов для повышения эффективности труда работника управления.
1. Эффективные управляющие должны знать, на что они расходуют свое время. Умениеконтролировать свое время является важнейшим элементом производительной работы.
2. Эффективные управляющие должны концентрироваться на достижения, выходящие за рамки своих орга...more
Know Thy Time
- take a time inventory & eliminate "need not be done", "could be done by others", and "wasting other's time".
- prune time wasters
- lack of systems --> crisis
- overstaffing --> unnecessary coordination
- malorganization --> excessive mtgs
- malfunction in information
- consolidate discretionary time into meaningful chunks to facilitate effectiveness (eg 1.5 hr)
What can I contribute?
- in terms of EXTERNAL results
- aim high
Making strengths productive
- focus on indv...more
- take a time inventory & eliminate "need not be done", "could be done by others", and "wasting other's time".
- prune time wasters
- lack of systems --> crisis
- overstaffing --> unnecessary coordination
- malorganization --> excessive mtgs
- malfunction in information
- consolidate discretionary time into meaningful chunks to facilitate effectiveness (eg 1.5 hr)
What can I contribute?
- in terms of EXTERNAL results
- aim high
Making strengths productive
- focus on indv...more
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting Right Things Done (2006), Peter Drucker
Kicking off the Personal Effectiveness portion of the Personal MBA curriculum is the purveyor of modern management, Peter Drucker. Notice the subtitle to this book before you read. It says "getting right things done" where you might have misread it as "getting things done right". Drucker takes decades of consulting experience with numerous famous and infamous companies and in its fifth edition, he bre...more
Kicking off the Personal Effectiveness portion of the Personal MBA curriculum is the purveyor of modern management, Peter Drucker. Notice the subtitle to this book before you read. It says "getting right things done" where you might have misread it as "getting things done right". Drucker takes decades of consulting experience with numerous famous and infamous companies and in its fifth edition, he bre...more
Handy guide to becoming a top executive
As an author and an intellectual, the late Peter F. Drucker was a true business sage. Recognized as the father of modern management, Drucker forecast numerous pivotal trends, including decentralization, privatization and the development of the information society. He introduced the concept of the “knowledge worker,” a term he employs widely in this fascinating book. His internal study of General Motors, Concept of the Corporation, greatly influenced how bus...more
As an author and an intellectual, the late Peter F. Drucker was a true business sage. Recognized as the father of modern management, Drucker forecast numerous pivotal trends, including decentralization, privatization and the development of the information society. He introduced the concept of the “knowledge worker,” a term he employs widely in this fascinating book. His internal study of General Motors, Concept of the Corporation, greatly influenced how bus...more
The classic book on time management by Peter Drucker... it's remarkable how his advice is still relevant 45 years later. At the time (1966!), the economies of the world had changed and knowledge workers were replacing traditional manual labors. His key message is that we have to focus on getting things done and that effectiveness can be learned.
...more
- Executives know where their time goes.
- Executives focus on outward contributions.
- Executives build on strengths -- their own strengths; the strengths
No one in a managerial role should be allowed to manage others without having read at least one book from Peter Drucker. Drucker is widely acclaimed as The Father of Modern Management and published 39 books in a lifetame that spanned 95 years. The Effective Executive was published in 1967 and this book is as good a starting point as any for the uninitiated.
Effectiveness is a habit and habits can be learned through practice, lots of it. According to Drucker there are five habits that, once acquir...more
Effectiveness is a habit and habits can be learned through practice, lots of it. According to Drucker there are five habits that, once acquir...more
Such a great book. I read this one in college and I must have been really arrogant because I didn't think that this book had anything to say to me. However, I was dead wrong. This book helps you to focus on the important thing as a leader of leaders. It helps you understand why it seems that your time doesn't belong to you and helps you to focus on making decisions based on what's best for the organization rather than what's best for you, the executive. In my recent days of learning a ton about...more
Read this for the Drucker Society in Grenada. I am going to be giving a presentation, and I thought reading one of his many books would help me prepare for it.
This guide made me think about how I decide issues, and how that compares to successful decision makers of the past. It was full of examples from WWI's Schlieffen plan to GMC's reasons for success. These examples were what really kept the teachings in my mind and I looked forward to each one.
The different sections helped me analyze how I...more
This guide made me think about how I decide issues, and how that compares to successful decision makers of the past. It was full of examples from WWI's Schlieffen plan to GMC's reasons for success. These examples were what really kept the teachings in my mind and I looked forward to each one.
The different sections helped me analyze how I...more
I thought this would be an interesting read for me as I start to move up the Corporate Ladder chain, although can certainly be argued that thinking like an executive is somewhat premature for me at this stage of my career. It is very much written as a self help book and as all self help books tend to be, it is only useful / interesting if you are eager to learn about that particular trade which I can honestly say I wasn't. Peter Drucker does provide some good insight though that I think we can a...more
This book is actually pretty ancient and talks about being an "effective executive". Notice that it is not a book about "how to become a top executive". As such, shatters a lot of the common myths that "this is the way it has always been in large companies". I found it fascinating that things have evolved so much.
In particular, the current environment of increasing size of business has really put a huge stress on "getting along with others". An effective executive - while being someone that gets...more
In particular, the current environment of increasing size of business has really put a huge stress on "getting along with others". An effective executive - while being someone that gets...more
READ APR 2011
Classic Drucker should be required reading for all executives. Best quotes, "knowledge workers must be professionals in their attitude toward their own field of knowledge. They must consider themselves responsible for their own competence and for the standards of their work" (p. 67), "the test of organization is not genius...it is its capacity to make common people achieve uncommon performance" (p. 80), and "the human being...is not logical; he is perceptual" (p. 159).
Classic Drucker should be required reading for all executives. Best quotes, "knowledge workers must be professionals in their attitude toward their own field of knowledge. They must consider themselves responsible for their own competence and for the standards of their work" (p. 67), "the test of organization is not genius...it is its capacity to make common people achieve uncommon performance" (p. 80), and "the human being...is not logical; he is perceptual" (p. 159).
Essentially, this book can be broken into two parts:
1. Why effectiveness is important
2. How an executive an learn to be effective
The first chapter makes the case for why effectiveness is important, and Peter Drucker explains his idea that effectiveness can be learnt. From there, each chapter is an explanation of elements of effectiveness and how an executive can implement/learn to be effective in each element.
Personally, I am not too fond of the book, even though I believe in the core message -...more
1. Why effectiveness is important
2. How an executive an learn to be effective
The first chapter makes the case for why effectiveness is important, and Peter Drucker explains his idea that effectiveness can be learnt. From there, each chapter is an explanation of elements of effectiveness and how an executive can implement/learn to be effective in each element.
Personally, I am not too fond of the book, even though I believe in the core message -...more
There is so much wisdom in this book. I've railed against "blog posts as books" recently (see my $100 Startup review), and while the main points of this book could easily be summarised in half a dozen or so dot points for a blog post, the real value is in the way these areas are examined, the illustrative stories, and the advice.
Also note: Drucker makes the point that anyone who makes consequential decisions is an executive, no matter where he or she sits in the hierarchy, but in the meat of the...more
Also note: Drucker makes the point that anyone who makes consequential decisions is an executive, no matter where he or she sits in the hierarchy, but in the meat of the...more
Although the "he" pronouns were out-of-date, this is still one of the best books on workplace effectiveness I've read. I took copious notes. Loved the definition of executive to include all of us knowledge workers, not just managers. The section on managing your time offers a some great insights that aren't obvious to everyone.
I'd recommend any young person fresh into the workplace read this book after the first year on the job.
I'd recommend any young person fresh into the workplace read this book after the first year on the job.
While it contains good to great concepts to learn and understand, there is a great deal of unnecessary explanations and countless illustrations that interrupt the flow of the book. This is further compounded by bad sentence structure and/or old styles of writing that make it thick and hard to read at a fast pace. Also contains unrealistic or outdated concepts. Certain parts are worth reading if specified versus the book as a whole.
I read this book as a part of training exercise that was conducted in my previous company. All of us team members read one chapter every week and discussed how the principles described in this book a can be applied in our work environment. I found this book insightful on how to manage time and other resources effectively. Although I did feel the examples were little old school but the principles are still applicable.
Though I'm not one to read management books, this was given to me as a gift from one of my professors. I ended up enjoying much of what the author had to say and I look forward to implementing his ideas in the near future. However, his style--namely the interrupting bullet points--rubbed me the wrong way and although the tidbits were related, to me they came off as non-sequitur speed bumps.
Best executive/management book I've read. It's not necessarily that Drucker's points are earth-shattering, it's that he puts such a fine point on every topic and has the breadth of experience to back up his hypotheses. Though this book was written well before the dawn of the "Information Age" it is more applicable now than when it was written (1967).
an excellent overview of effective decision making. setting out principles by which we can measure our own effectiveness at making decisions and improve ourselves.
I think the most interesting points were:
- know where your time goes
- focus on outward contribution (results not method)
- build on strengths not unity
- effective meetings have a purpose.
- do first things first and focus on one thing at a time.
- decisions are between alternatives, not right and wrong, so encourage disagreement to unders...more
I think the most interesting points were:
- know where your time goes
- focus on outward contribution (results not method)
- build on strengths not unity
- effective meetings have a purpose.
- do first things first and focus on one thing at a time.
- decisions are between alternatives, not right and wrong, so encourage disagreement to unders...more
Apr 17, 2012
Patrick
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One of Drucker's classic books, the Effective Executive focuses on how to succeed as an "Executive". And by "Executive", Drucker means "anyone who has to make decisions at work". Anyone doing any sort of white-collar work qualifies as an executive for his purposes, and his advice applies across the levels of corporate hierarchy.
Drucker divides effectiveness into five practices:
1. Knowing how you spend your time
2. Focusing on results
3. Building on strengths
4. Setting priorities and stick with th...more
Drucker divides effectiveness into five practices:
1. Knowing how you spend your time
2. Focusing on results
3. Building on strengths
4. Setting priorities and stick with th...more
Slightly dated, but the main points are well communicated and thought out. Clearly, effectiveness has to be learned, and the lessons in this book could help to accelerate that learning process. I've already recommended this to a few people I work with and have collaborated with in the past, and would recommend it to anyone in a leadership position - a person who makes decisions.
If you have ever been in business you've heard of Peter Drucker. This is a classic with wisdom from the quintessential master of executive leadership. It may read a little dated now since it was first written in the 60's, but Drucker's insight into the process of business leadership is really timeless.
Great, informative piece that outlined his thinking in an easy-to-understand way. Some of the examples are a little outdated, and heavy on the military / political sphere. I skipped over some of those. All in all, I learned a lot about time management, and making the right decisions.
Re-reading this classic shows Drucker's thoughts to be the root of many current best sellers - from Getting Things Done to Mastery. While the style is dated, the analysis is timeless. If you want to become more effective then read this book and apply the methods.
Even though it was published in 1966 this book is still relevant. In fact, I'm surprised more mgmt types/execs haven't read its common sense advice. At times the book was even funny, if you find it funny how obvious your company has it wrong. It sure will be motivating me to be more demanding of the places I work.
I liked the book. It shows you how to be an effective leader. It is helpful in determining what is most important for leaders. Very clear concepts with real examples that apply on any large corporation executive. A must read for anyone looking for self-development.
После чтения плохо структурированных книжек - просто удовольствие прочитать этот классический труд.
Стройное, логичное изложение, без ненужных заумствований, но и не примитивно.
Изложены с современной точки зрения совсем базовые вещи, но от этого не менее актуальные. Компактно и логично объяснено, то что пережевывают в толстенных книжках по GTD.
Понравилось effectivness, while capable of being learned, surely cannot be taught.
Стройное, логичное изложение, без ненужных заумствований, но и не примитивно.
Изложены с современной точки зрения совсем базовые вещи, но от этого не менее актуальные. Компактно и логично объяснено, то что пережевывают в толстенных книжках по GTD.
Понравилось effectivness, while capable of being learned, surely cannot be taught.
This is an excellent book for students of management and managers alike. I used it in a graduate program and provided it as a reference for undergraduate students in hospitality, dietetics and food service management. Very good.
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Peter Ferdinand Drucker was a writer, management consultant and university professor. His writing focused on management-related literature. Peter Drucker made famous the term knowledge worker and is thought to have unknowingly ushered in the knowledge economy, which effectively challenges Karl Marx's world-view of the political economy. George Orwell credits Peter Drucker as one of the only writer...more
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