In his 31st work, esteemed sociologist Drucker follows his last major management work, Post-Capitalist Society (LJ 2/15/93), with his ideas on how the concept of management is changing, focusing on the major critical issues, problems, practices, and strategies management faces in the new century. Instead of offering a futurist set of predictions, Drucker discusses major challenges facing management that are already manifest in todays rapidly changing world. In a sweeping macro-level analysis of social, economic, and demographic changes at work across the globe, Drucker outlines the changing role of management, the new realities of strategy, how to lead in times of great change, how to develop new information sources for effective decision-making, and how individual workers must assume responsibility for managing their own careers. With his trademark keen insight and his ability to see connections among disparate forces, this visionary thinker has again produced an essential book for all libraries, especially academic collections.

在他的第31部著作中，德鲁克遵循了他最后一部重要的管理著作《后资本主义社会》（LJ 2/15/93）的观点，阐述了管理观念是如何变化的，重点是管理在新世纪面临的重大关键问题、问题、实践和策略。德鲁克没有提供一套未来派的预测，而是讨论了管理层面临的重大挑战，这些挑战在当今快速变化的世界中已经显现出来。在对全球社会、经济和人口变化的宏观分析中，德鲁克概述了管理层不断变化的角色、战略的新现实、如何在巨变时代发挥领导作用、如何开发新的信息源以进行有效决策，以及员工个人如何承担起管理自己职业生涯的责任。凭借他标志性的敏锐洞察力和观察不同力量之间联系的能力，这位富有远见的思想家再次为所有图书馆，特别是学术藏书制作了一本必不可少的书。