The work of two management development writers, illustrating both theoretical and practical implications of their work for organisations

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1. INTRODUCTION

This report will aim to compare and contrast the work and its implications for organisation of two of the best writers of management ever: Peter F. Drucker and Henry Mintzberg.

They based their work on different theories. However, most of Mintzberg's work is focused on Drucker.

Peter F. Drucker is a writer, teacher, and consultant specializing in strategy and policy for businesses and social sector organizations. He has consulted with many of the world's largest corporations as well as with non-profit organizations, small and entrepreneurial companies, and with agencies of the U.S. government. He has also worked with free-world governments such as those of Canada, Japan, and Mexico. He is the author of thirty-one books which have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thirteen books deal with society, economics, and politics; fifteen deal with management. Two of his books are novels, one is autobiographical, and he is a co-author of a book on Japanese painting.

He has been an editorial columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and other periodicals.

Peter Drucker is known as 'the father of modern management' for his pioneering work in the 1940s and 1950s, including the concept of management by objectives, which is fundamental to effective business management.

Let's have a look to the most important implications of Drucker's work on organisations.

2. THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT

The manager can improve his performance in all areas of management, including the managing of a business, through the systematic study of principles, the acquisition of organised knowledge and the systematic analysis of his own performance in all areas of his work and job on all levels of management.

The final function of management is to manage workers and work. This implies organisation of the work so...