The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society / Edition 2

by Peter Drucker

Overview

The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered. In this volume Peter Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society.

Drucker discerns four major areas of discontinuity underlying contemporary social and cultural reality. These are: (1) the explosion of new technologies resulting in major new industries; (2) the change from an international to a world economy—an economy that presently lacks policy, theory, and institutions; (3) a new sociopolitical reality of pluralistic institutions that poses drastic political, philosophical, and spritual challenges; and (4) the new universe of knowledge based on mass education and its implications in work, leisure, and leadership.

Peter Drucker brings to this work an intimate knowledge and objective view of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shaping a future already very much with us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560006183
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/30/1992
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) is known by many as the father of modern management. He was Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California and was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is the author of over thirty-five books, including The Ecological Vision, The Concept of the Corporation, and A Functioning Society. Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) is known by many as the father of modern management. He was Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California and was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is the author of over thirty-five books, including The Ecological Vision, The Concept of the Corporation, and A Functioning Society.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES 1. THE END OF CONTINUITY 2. THE NEW INDUSTRIES AND THEIR DYNAMICS 3· THE NEW ENTREPRENEUR 4· THE NEW ECONOMIC POILCIES PART TWO: FROM INTERNATIONAL TO WORLD ECONOMY 5· THE GLOBAL SHOPPING CENTER 6. MAKING THE POOR PRODUCTIVE 7 BEYOND THE NEW ECONOMICS PART THREE: A SOCIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS 8. THE NEW PLURALISM 9· TOWARD A THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONS 10. THE SICKNESS OF GOVERNMENT 11. HOW CAN THE INDIVIDUAL SURVIVE? PART FOUR: THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY 12. THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 13. WORK AND WORKER IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY 14. HAS SUCCESS SPOILED THE SCHOOLS? 15. THE NEW LEARNING AND THE NEW TEACHING 16. THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE 17. DOES ~OWLEDGE HAVE A FUTURE? CONCLUSION

Editorial Reviews

"Professor Drucker's book has tremendous scope. . . . [It] is a useful, stimulating survey of the political and economic realities that may shape the next few decades." —Wall Street Journal "Peter F. Drucker . . . sees no challenge that cannot be met by America and the 'have' nations of the world provided they have the flexibility to recognize that a new era is upon us." —Newsday "The Age of Discontinuity is the kind of book that makes businessmen think thoughts they have never thought before.” —The New York Times "Drucker argues his case brilliantly." —David Broder, Washington Post

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