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Managing Oneself

Series: Harvard Business Review Classics
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Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker is a concise guide that explores how to achieve lasting personal and professional success through self-awareness and effective personal management. It encourages readers to understand their strengths, work habits, and values to enhance productivity and decision-making. By fostering a deeper understanding of oneself, the book aims to improve one's ability to contribute meaningfully in any work environment.
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We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. It's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. It's also up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years.

In Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker explains how to do it. The keys: cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses. Articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are. Describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution.

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Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker receives high praise for being a timeless and practical guide on personal growth and self-improvement. It is noted for offering valuable insights into how individuals can leverage their strengths and take responsibility for their own development, making it a go-to reference for many seeking inspiration and direction in their careers and personal lives.

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ISBN: 9781422123126

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 January 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 106.0mm

Height: 165.0mm

Weight: 56g

Pages: 72

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Business & Entrepreneurship Career Development Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Peter F Drucker Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Peter F. Drucker (19092005) is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers on the subject of management theory and practice, and his writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern corporation.

Often described as "the father of modern management theory," Drucker explored how people are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society; he predicted many of the major business developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization and decentralization, the rise of Japan to economic world power, the critical importance of marketing, and the emergence of the information society with its implicit necessity of lifelong learning. In 1959, Drucker coined the term "knowledge worker" and in his later life considered knowledge-worker productivity to be the next frontier of management.

Peter Drucker died on November 11, 2005, in Claremont, California. He had four children and six grandchildren.

You can find more about Peter F. Drucker at cgu.edu/center/the-drucker-institute.

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