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The Manager

Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society— its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its art, its key institutions—rearranges itself. We are currently living through such a time.

—Peter F. Drucker, management guru

Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.

—Václav Havel, former president, Czech Republic

The world needs good managers. People who direct and control resources and the activities of other people for the benefit of the group, the department, the organization, the city or town, or the country—and who do this well—are not easy to come by. Competent managers, in both ...

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