To Know the Real Drucker: Eight Articles Will Help You

Forward The Way of Drucker’s Management Philosophy 009
Editor’s Forword 021

PART ONE
The Mundane Christian Faith: The End of Values, Commitment, Conviction and Aspiration 031
ARTICLE 1 Introduction & The Unfashionable Kierkegaard
(Abstracted from The Ecological Vision, Part 8: Why Society Is Not Enough) 033
Appendix 1
Nineteen Questions Regarding Reading The Unfashionable Kierkegaard” 059
An Understanding 065

PART TWO
The Worldview That Keeps Up with Reality: Purpose-Oriented Methodology 077
ARTICLE 2 The New World-View
(Abstracted from Landmarks of Tomorrow, Chapter 1) 079
Appendix 2
Ten Questions Regarding Reading “The New World-View” 100
An Understanding 103

ARTICLE 3 From Analysis to Perception: The New World View
(Abstracted from The New Realities, Conclusion) 117
An Understanding 132

PART THREE
Drucker’s Social Ecology: The Application of Faith and Worldview 141
ARTICLE 4 Reflections of a Social Ecologist: The Social Ecology’s Themes, Work and Characteristic (Abstracted from The Ecological Vision, Afterword) 143
Appendix 3
Eleven Questions Regarding Reading “Reflections of a Social Ecologist” 171
An Understanding 175

ARTICLE 5 What Is a Functioning Society? —The General Theory of Society
(Abstracted from The Future of Industrial Man, Chapter 2) 181
An Understanding 202

ARTICLE 6 From Rousseau to Hitler: The Lesson from History
(Abstracted from The Future of Industrial Man, Chapter 7) 215
Appendix 4 Peter F. Drucker’s View on Freedom 243
An Understanding 259

ARTICLE 7 The Human Situation Today: Upcoming Challenges
(Abstracted from Landmarks of Tomorrow, Chapter 10) 267
An Understanding 286

PART FOUR Management as a Liberal Art: The Means to Achieve Social Ecological Vision 295
ARTICLE 8 Management as Social Function and Liberal Art: The Field, Legitimacy,
Principles and Characteristic
(Abstracted from The New Realities, Chapter 15) 297
An Understanding 313

PART FIVE Reflection:
The Eight Essential Quotes of Drucker— The Most Fundamental Beliefs and Values in His Social Ecology and Management as a Liberal Art 321

Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) was raised in a culturally rich family environment and was influenced by the Judeo-Christian tradition. He immigrated to the United States in 1937 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 20, 2002.
A lifelong writer, Drucker is world-renowned for his more than 40 books. He studied finance in his early years and received a doctorate of law from the University of Frankfurt in 1931. He admired John M. Keynes (1883-1946) but was a follower of Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1955). Politically, he was highly critical of totalitarianism.
As a “social ecologist,” Drucker had keen insights and the courage to pursue innovation despite criticism. He established modern management discipline, advocating theoretical innovation and practical inquiry into management issues. Thus, he has been acclaimed as the “Father of Modern Management” and the “Guru of Gurus of Management.”
Drucker lived for nearly a century. He experienced two world wars, witnessed the processes of scientific, technological and ideological changes, observed the changes that took place from the industrial age to the intellectual (knowledge) and information ages, experienced the transformation from a capitalist society to a postmodern knowledge-based society, and offered prescient insights into world trends and human growth in the 21st century. We can say that his contributions will not be limited to the 20th century; his work will undoubtedly have an even more positive and far-reaching impact on developments and changes in the world’s future.

Minglo Shao(編訂者)
An entrepreneur and management educator, Mr. Shao was authorized by Peter Drucker and his family to establish the Peter F. Drucker Academy in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China to promulgate Peter Drucker’s Management as Social Function and Liberal Art (MLA) theories and practices. He is the editor of Drucker on Totalitarianism and Salvation by Society