THE FATHER OF MODERN MANAGEMENT
Peter F. Drucker
Showcasing the people & organizations working to create a “Functioning Society”.
AUDIOBOOK
A Functioning Society
When Peter F. Drucker published a retrospective collection of his most influential writings, he appropriately titled it “A Functioning Society.”
For the first time, “A Functioning Society” is now available as an audiobook on Audible. The publication of the collection as an audiobook is an invitation to think seriously about the current condition of our social life and the ways we can act decisively to improve it.
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RANKING
Management Top 250
The Drucker Institute’s ranking model highlights America’s top 250 publicly-traded companies who are “Doing The Right Things Well” - based on their ‘Effectiveness’ and their ability to contribute to a ‘Functioning Society’ according to Drucker’s five key dimensions.
The 2025 ranking will launch publicly in December 2025.
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PODCAST
Doing The Right Things Well
On “Doing The Right Things Well,” we hear how America’s business leaders are managing the rapid and dramatic changes we are experiencing in the workplace and the world.
Join Michael H. Kelly, executive director of the The Drucker Institute, as he speaks with executives from some America’s best-managed companies about how they are navigating these challenges.
ESSAY
Why Apple is #1
A Use Case for Peter Drucker’s Principles in 21st-Century Business. An original essay for Drucker+, by Dr. Dean McKay.
BOOK
The Future of Industrial Man
Drucker says that “The Future of Industrial Man” was his most ambitious book. In it, he attempted to develop two social theories.
DRUCKERISM
Quotes from Peter F. Drucker
Official quotations from Peter F. Drucker with reference citations and downloadable slides for your presentation.
Drucker+ is a new platform from the Drucker Institute that showcases the people and organizations who are putting the ideas and ideals of Peter F. Drucker into practice.
Drucker+ features essays, short films, podcasts, and an annual ranking of America’s best-managed companies. It also sponsors events and programs. In short, it’s a forum that brings people together with the goal of delivering on Drucker’s vision of what makes for a “functioning society.”
WELCOME TO DRUCKER+
“Man in his social and political existence must have a functioning society just as he must have air to breathe in his biological existence.”