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MANAGEMENT TASKS RESPONSIBILITIES PRACTICES

by Peter Drucker, the Father of Management. ( 1 )

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WHAT IS A BUSINESS?   THE PURPOSE OF A BUSINESS 
THE TWO ENTREPRENEURIAL FUNCTIONS FROM SELLING TO MARKETING
THE ENTERPRISE AS THE ORGAN OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THE PRODUCTIVE UTILIZATION OF WEALTH-PRODUCING RESOURCES
THE FUNCTIONS OF PROFIT BUSINESS PURPOSE AND BUSINESS MISSION
THE FALLACY OF THE UNTERNEHMER WHAT IS OUR BUSINESS? - NEVER OBVIOUS
THE NEED FOR DISSENT Content Page 2

 


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METHOD RATHER THAN OPINIONS WHO IS THE CUSTOMER? 
 WHAT IS VALUE TO THE CUSTOMER WHEN TO ASK "WHAT IS OUR BUSINESS"?
"WHAT WILL OUR BUSINESS BE?" THE UNSATISFIED WANTS OF THE CUSTOMER
WHAT SHOULD OUR BUSINESS BE? THE NEED FOR PLANNED ABANDONMENT
Social Revolution as Business Mission The Lessons
The Basis for Work and Assignments Content Page (3)   

 


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 How to use Objectives Strategies, Objectives, Priorities & Work Assignments
The Concentration Decision The Market-Standing Decision
Innovation Objective Resources, Their Supply, Utilization, and Productivity
Productivity: The First Test of Management's Competence The Social Dimension
 Profit as a Need and a Limitation The Japanese Example
How to Measure Profitability  Profitability as a Limitation

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Balancing Objectives The Role of Budgeting
Setting Priorities  From Objectives to Doing
Strrategic Planning: The Entrepreneurial Skill What Strategic Planning is Not 
What Strategic Planning is Sloughing Off Yesterday
What New Things Do We Have to Do-When? EVERYTHING DEGENERATES INTO WORK
CHAPTER 6 THE EFFECTIVE DECISION HOW THE JAPANESE MAKE DECISIONS
FACTS OR OPINIONS?

THE NEED FOR DISSENT AND ALTERNATIVES

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THE TRAP OF "BEING RIGHT"

IS A DECISION NECESSARY?

WHO HAS TO DO THE WORK? THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG COMPROMISE

THE FEEDBACK

CHAPTER 7 TOP MANAGEMENT TASKS
TO "OPERATE" OR NOT TO "OPERATE" THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TOP TOP-MANAGEMENT TASKS
CHAPTER 8 TOP-MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

HOW MANY TOP MANAGEMENTS?

TEAMWORK IN TOP MANAGEMENT HOW TO NOURISH THE BRAIN
CHAPTER 9 NEEDED: AN EFFECTIVE BOARD Content 6

 


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WHY TOP MANAGEMENT NEEDS AN EFFECTIVE BOARD THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD
WHAT IS NEEDED WHO BELONGS ON A BOARD?
STRATEGIES AND STRUCTURES CHAPTER 10 ONE BEING THE RIGHT SIZE
SIZE AND STRATEGY

MANAGING THE SMALL, THE FAIR-SIZED, THE BIG BUSINESS

MANAGING THE SMALL BUSINESS Content 7

 


 

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WHAT THE SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS THE FAIR-SIZED BUSINESS
THE BIG BUSINESS THE DANGER OF BECOMING INBRED
ON BEING THE WRONG SIZE Content 8

 


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WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T

MERGER AND ACQUISITION

SALE AND DIVESTMENT

CAN A COMPANY BE TOO BIG?

THE UNMANAGEABLE SERVICE INSTITUTION

THE OPTIMUM POINT

TOO BIG FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

THE PRESSURES FOR DIVERSITY

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THE FALLACY OF "ASSET MANAGEMENT"

"INVESTOR" VS. "ASSET MANAGER"
WHY DIVERSIFICATION? BACKWARD AND FORWARD INTEGRATION
EXTERNAL PRESSURES

RIGHT AND WRONG DIVERSIFICATION: