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The Daily Drucker
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The Daily Drucker

by Peter F. Drucker
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
8h 21m
English
HarperCollins Publishers
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One hears a great deal today about “the end of hierarchy.”

That is blatant nonsense.

To attack industrial society, as would the sentimental equalitarian, because it is based on subordination instead of on formal equality is a misunderstanding of the nature of both industry and society. Like every other institution that coordinates human efforts to a social end, the corporation must be organized on hierarchical lines. But, also, everybody from the boss to the sweeper must be seen as equally necessary to the success of the common enterprise. At the same time, the large corporation must offer equal opportunities for advancement. This is simply the traditional demand for justice, a consequence of the Christian ...

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