01035nam a22001457a 450000500170000002000180001708200150003510000220005024500830007226000350015530000170019050400190020752006480022665000150087420260704095638.0  a9780060833459  a658.409DRU  aDrucker, Peter F.  aThe Effective ExecutivebThe Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done  aNew YorkbHarperBusinessc2006  a208P.b21cm.  aIncludes index  aFor decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as "the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers" (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant guide to managing oneself, he looks to the most influential position in management—the executive.
The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that improve productivity and mold them into results.  aExecutives