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INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES / PETER F. DRUCKER

DRUCKER, PETER F. (PETER FERDINAND), 1909-2005

2015

BOOK
Category

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Abstract HOW CAN MANAGEMENT BE DEVELOPED TO CREATE THE GREATEST WEALTH FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE? THIS IS THE QUESTION PETER DRUCKER SETS OUT TO ANSWER IN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. A BRILLIANT, MOULD-BREAKING ATTACK ON MANAGEMENT ORTHODOXY IT IS ONE OF DRUCKER’S MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS, OFFERING AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF SOME OF HIS MAIN IDEAS. HE ARGUES THAT WHAT DEFINES AN ENTREPRENEUR IS THEIR ATTITUDE TO CHANGE: ‘THE ENTREPRENEUR ALWAYS SEARCHES FOR CHANGE, RESPONDS TO IT AND EXPLOITS IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY’. TO EXPLOIT CHANGE, ACCORDING TO DRUCKER, IS TO INNOVATE. STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF LOW-TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE CHALLENGE OF BALANCING TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, AND THE ORGANISATION AS A LEARNING ORGANISM, HE CONCLUDES WITH A VISION OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIETY WHERE INDIVIDUALS INCREASINGLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING AND CAREERS.
ISBN 9781138019195
Author(s) DRUCKER, PETER F. (PETER FERDINAND), 1909-2005
Credits
Edition 1ST ED.
Year 2015
Publisher ROUTLEDGE
Type BOOK
Keywords
Language English
Collation XXI, 346 P., 20 CM.

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