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    <body><![CDATA[ive learned as much about management as i did about life!!!!  read only one book on the subject - this is it!!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[fantastic]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One book that has been what you call as Original. A classic work, to be read by every management student, staff and almost any one in the corporate world. It is interesting that really nothing new has been added to management theory - is what I felt onreading this book first published in 1954.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>The classic book of business management -; A continuing international bestseller for over thirty years -; includes an updated postscript from the author!</p><p>If you are an aspiring manager, an accomplished professional, or a student of business, Peter Drucker's <em>The Practice of Management</em> is the fundamental tool and an essential resource for a better understanding of the role and nature of management. Here is concrete, practical information on the knowledge, tasks and responsibilities needed to be a better manager and achieve better management performance.</p><p>Comprehensive, concise, and clearly presented, <em>The Practice of Management</em> belongs on every present and future manager's shelf.</p><p>Peter Drucker's management books are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is a Clark Professor of Social Science at Claremont Graduate School in California and also an editorial columnist for the <em>Wall Street Journal. The Practice of Management</em> has been a bestseller since its original publication in 1954.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's really a great book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Learn alot from it..]]></body>
    
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