The new realities: In government and politics-- , in economy and business-- , in society-- , and in world view

by Peter F. Drucker

While this book is not futuristic it does attempt to define the concerns, the issues and the controversies that will be realities in years to come. The author contends that the toughest problems we face are those created by the successes of the past - the success of the welfare state, the invention of the fiscal state and the knowledge society. It does not confine itself to American topics but deals with government, society and the economies in Japan, Western Europe, Russia and in the developing countries. It does not focus on what to do tomorrow but on what to do today in contemplation of tomorrow. Within its self-imposed limitations it attempts to set the agenda.

Genres: Business, Management, Leadership, Nonfiction, Economics, Political Science

262 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

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 writers to predict the German-Soviet Pact of 1939.

The son of a high level civil servant in the Habsburg empire, Drucker was born in the chocolate capital of Austria, in a small village named Kaasgraben (now a suburb of Vienna, part of the 19th district, Döbling). Following the defeat of Austria-Hungary in World War I, there were few opportunities for employment in Vienna so after finishing school he went to Germany, first working in banking and then in journalism. While in Germany, he earned a doctorate in International Law. The rise of Nazism forced him to leave Germany in 1933. After spending four years in London, in 1937 he moved permanently to the United States, where he became a university professor as well as a freelance writer and business guru. In 1943 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He taught at New York University as a Professor of Management from 1950 to 1971. From 1971 to his death he was the Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Reviews

[Danijela Jerković]

The New Realities...

The book is not about what is needed to be done tomorrow.
The book is about what is needed to be done today bearing in mind tomorrow - the future.


Aspects tackled in the New Realities:
1. The frame of political reality
2. State and political process
3. Economy, ecology and economics
4. Knowledge society
5. Conclusion: A new view of the world


The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”
~ Thomas S. Monson


Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
~Albert Einstein


Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.
~George Santayana, writer and philosopher

[MisterFweem · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dated. It just really felt dated. Like when he suggested "facsimilies" were going to be the wave of the future of communication.

And I struggled to read this. I think in part because the book couldn't quite decide what it wanted to be. It's not a business book. It's not a book of philosophy. It's just a book with little thoughts in it.

[Samet Yemisli · Rating 3 out of 5]

He says J.F. Kenedy did nothing for 3 years 🙄. But everybody liked him. I am not supporting this idea Mr. Kenedy did lots of things for USA in 3 years.

[sheilabeta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro explica unos conceptos históricos desde una óptica de empresario. Para quien quiera explorar el mundo expresarial y de negocio, se lo recomiendo. Aporta mucho a entender cómo, en parte, surgieron todos esto movimientos neoliberales que nos afectan hoy.

[Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

[Preston Malone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

[Dwight Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review of world economy changes and geopolitical instability creating new economy. Knowledge economy is covered quite well.