Peter Drucker, 1909-2005: The Mind of a Management Thinker

Peter Drucker, 1909-2005: The Mind of a Management Thinker
He was a voice for change and new ways of thinking about social and business relations. Transcript of radio broadcast:
29 May 2008

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

We talked last week about Joseph Juran, an influential American expert in quality control. He died earlier this year at the age of one hundred and three.

Today we talk about another management expert -- or guru as people like to call them. Peter Drucker also lived a long life. He was ninety-five years old when he died in two thousand five.

Peter Drucker was an expert on the ways of modern organizations. He liked to share his knowledge not by answering questions but by asking them. For example, he said business people must ask themselves not "What do we want to sell?" but "What do people want to buy?"

He taught at the Claremont Graduate School of Management in California for more than thirty years. He also advised companies. And he wrote for the Wall Street Journal opinion page for twenty years, until nineteen ninety-five. He commented on many economic and management issues.

Peter Drucker was born in Austria. He worked as a reporter in Frankfurt, Germany, in the late nineteen twenties. He also studied international law.

He fled Germany as Adolf Hitler came to power in nineteen thirty-three. Peter Drucker spent four years in Britain as an adviser to investment banks. He then came to the United States.

He used his knowledge of international law to advise American businesses. He developed this advice into books on business methods and management.

In the middle of the nineteen forties, Peter Drucker argued that the desire for profit was central to business efforts. He also warned that rising wages were harming American business.

He was later invited to study General Motors. He wrote about his experiences in "The Concept of the Corporation." In the book, he said workers at all levels should take part in decision-making, not just top managers.

Peter Drucker was a voice for change and new ways of thinking about social and business relations. He used terms like "knowledge workers" and "management goals." He influenced business training and politics with many of his ideas.

Some people said he often only presented information that supported his arguments. But even his critics praised his clear reasoning.

Yet as times changed, so did his thinking. In nineteen ninety-three, he warned that businesses create a market for competitors when they think too much about high profits.

And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.


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德鲁克， 1909年至2005年：心中的一个管理思想家
他是一个声音的变化和新的思维方式对社会和商业关系。全文电台广播：
2008年5月29日

这是美国之音特别英语经济学报告。

我们谈到上周约约瑟夫朱兰，一个有影响力的美国专家在质量控制。他死于今年早些时候，在年满103 。

今天我们谈论的另一个管理专家-或大师的人喜欢称之为他们。德鲁克也住长寿。他是九五年岁逝世时，他在2000 5 。

德鲁克是一个专家就如何现代组织。他喜欢分享他的知识，而不是回答问题，而是要求他们。例如，他说，商界人士必须问问自己，而不是“我们究竟要出售” ？但“什么人想购买” ？

他任教于（ Claremont研究生院管理在加利福尼亚州以上的三十年。他亦提醒公司。和他写道：为华尔街日报的民意页为二十年，直到1995年。他对许多经济问题和管理问题。

德鲁克出生在奥地利。他作为一个记者在德国的法兰克福，在晚19二十多岁。他还研究了国际法的规定。

他逃离德国的希特勒上台后，在1933年。德鲁克花了四年，英国作为一个顾问的投资银行。然后，他来到美国。

他用自己的知识的国际法律，向美国企业。他制定了这方面的咨询到的书籍，业务方法和管理。

在中东的19 ，四十岁，德鲁克认为，利润的愿望是中央对商业的努力。他还警告说，不断上升的工资，损害美国的业务。

他后来被邀请到通用汽车的研究。他写道：关于他的经验在“的概念，该公司” 。在这本书中，他说，工人在各个层面应采取的一部分，在决策，而不只是高层管理人员。

德鲁克是一个声音的变化和新的思维方式对社会和商业关系。他用的术语如“知识工人”和“管理目标” 。他的影响，业务培训和政治与他的许多想法。

有些人说，他经常只提交的资料，支持他的论点。但即使是批评他的称赞，他清楚的道理。

然而，随着时代的改变，所以没有他的思想。在1993年，他警告说，企业创造一个市场的竞争对手时，他们认为太多的高利润。

这是该美国之音特别英语经济学的报告，书面，由马里奥里特尔。誊本， MP3和播客我们的报告是在voaspecialenglish.com 。我史蒂夫ember 。