Includes index.

Management as social function and liberal art -- The dimensions of management -- The purpose and objectives of a business -- What the nonprofits are teaching business -- Social impacts and social problems -- Management's new paradigms -- The information executives need today -- Management by objectives and self-control -- Picking people : the basic rules -- The entrepreneurial business -- The new venture -- Entrepreneurial strategies -- Effectiveness must be learned -- Focus on contribution -- Know your strengths and values -- Know your time -- Effective decisions -- Functioning communications -- Leadership as work -- Principles of innovation -- The second half of your life -- The educated person -- A century of social transformation : emergence of knowledge society -- The coming of entrepreneurial society -- Citizenship through the social sector -- From analysis to perception : the new worldview.

"The Essential Drucker contains twenty-six selections on management in the organization, management and the individual, and management and society. It covers the basic principles and concerns of management and its problems, challenges, and opportunities, giving managers, executives, and professionals the tools to perform the tasks that the economy and society of tomorrow will demand of them."--Jacket.