The age of discontinuity guidelines to our changing society / Peter F. Drucker ; with a new introduction by the author
| Author(s): | Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005 |
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| Subjects: | Electronic books Economic history--1945-1971 Social history--1945- |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | Third printing |
| Published: | New Brunswick (U.S.A.) : Transaction Pubs., 2000 |
| LC Classification: | H, HC |
| Table of Contents: | Introduction to the Transaction Edition Preface to the 1983 Edition Preface to the Original Edition Pt. 1. The Knowledge Technologies 1. The End of Continuity 3 2. The New Industries and Their Dynamics 11 3. The New Entrepreneur 42 4. The New Economic Policies 58 Pt. 2. From International to World Economy 5. The Global Shopping Center 77 6. Making the Poor Productive 102 7. Beyond the "New Economics" 137 Pt. 3. A Society of Organizations 8. The New Pluralism 171 9. Toward a Theory of Organizations 188 10. The Sickness of Government 212 11. How Can the Individual Survive? 243 Pt. 4. The Knowledge Society 12. The Knowledge Economy 263 13. Work and Worker in the Knowledge Society 287 14. Has Success Spoiled the Schools? 311 15. The New Learning and the New Teaching 334 16. The Politics of Knowledge 349 17. Does Knowledge Have a Future? 372 Conclusion 381 Index 384 |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 92007674 (OCoLC)25368690 |
| Additional Authors: | NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 92007674 ISBN: 0585316325 (electronic bk.) :$24.95 ISBN: 1560006188 "Originally published in 1968 by Harper & Row"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references and index Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xxxi, 402 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 45730906 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585316325 1560006188 |