Überblick
"(...) Peter F. Drucker - writer, Management consultant and university professor - was born in Vienna, Austria in
November 1909. After receiving his doctorate in Public and International Law from Frankfurt University in Frankfurt,
Germany, he worked as an economist and journalist in London before moving to the United States in 1937. Peter
Drucker published his first book, The End of Economic Man, in 1939. He then joined the faculty of New York
University's Graduate Business School as Professor of Management in 1950. Since 1971, he has been Clarke
Professor of Social Science and Management at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. The
university named its management School after him in 1987. Peter Drucker has written 35 books in all: 15 books deal
with management, including the landmark books The Practice of Management and The Effective Executive; 16 cover
society, economics, and politics; 2 are novels; (...). His most recent book, Managing in the Next Society, was
published in fall 2002. Peter Drucker also served as a regular columnist for The Wall Street Journal
from 1975-1995 and has contributed essays and articles to numerous publications, including
the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Economist. Throughout his career, he has consulted with
dozens of organizations - ranging from the world's largest corporations to entrepreneurial startups and various
government and nonprofit agencies. (...)"