September 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 26m
English
book
What Would Drucker Do Now?: Solutions to Today’s Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management
by Rick Wartzman
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The Countrywide Conundrum
It’s more than a little difficult to imagine Angelo Mozilo, the embattled chief executive of mortgage lending giant Countrywide Financial, being a Drucker disciple. But just last year he didn’t hesitate to paint himself that way and, in at least one sense, he was right.
“As the late Peter Drucker once said, the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity,” Mozilo told an audience of bond holders, bankers, and others. “This is the essence of Countrywide’s culture.”
Countrywide, lashed like many other companies by the subprime storm, isn’t crowing as much anymore. A few weeks ago, it reported a loss of $1.2 billion for the third quarter. Included ...
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