Peter Drucker: A Tribute
Resources by and about Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
Compiled by Jan Herd and Ellen Terrell
Business Reference Services
December 2005
This short guide to resources by and about Peter Drucker was prepared for an exhibit in the Science and Business Reading Room of the Library of Congress December 2005 - January 2006.
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Image (above): Photograph of Peter Drucker. Courtesy of the School of Management Claremont Graduate University
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http://books.google.com/books?q=drucker&hl=en The site provides brief descriptions of books (snippets) by and about Drucker. Search terms are displayed in context. Online bookstore ads are provided for those who wish to purchase a book.
Peter F. Drucker (1909 - Nov. 11, 2005)
Business Library. The University of Western Ontario.
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/dru.html
In addition to providing a list of Drucker's articles and books,
the site has been
updated with links to obituaries of Drucker.
Peter F. Drucker: The Legacy Lives On
Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, California.
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/3764.asp
The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management is part of the Claremont Graduate University.
Farewell, Peter Drucker: A Tribute to an Intellectual Giant
Wharton School. University of Pennsylvania.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1326.cfm
This tribute to Drucker discusses his relationship to Wharton and includes the text of a lecture by Drucker entitled, "The New Organization"
delivered at Wharton on April 7, 1993. [PDF file; 39KB]
The Business World According to Peter F. Drucker
HarperCollins.
http://www.peter-drucker.com/
This publisher site includes a brief biography, links to Drucker-related web sites, and information on books by Drucker available from the publisher.
Drucker Archives
http://www.thedruckerinstitute.org/templates/cusdrucker06/default.asp?id=34682
Sponsored by the Claremont Graduate University, the Archives contain
the life works of Peter Drucker. Included are featured articles, a database which includes citations for awards, certificates, honorary
degrees, article and book reviews, manuscripts, correspondence, media, books,
and miscellaneous resources.
Leader to Leader
http://www.drucker.com
The Leader to Leader Institute has its roots in the social sector and its predecessor, the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, which in January 2003 transferred its ongoing activities to the new identity. The Leader to Leader Institute furthers its mission "to strengthen the leadership of the social sector" by providing educational opportunities and resources to leaders.
Tribute to Drucker by
Representative David Dreier.
15 November 2005, Congressional Record, 109th Cong., 1st sess., H10165.
PDF file (44KB) via GPO Access
This tribute from the Congressional Record by Representative Dreier on the floor of The U.S. House of Representatives, is also available on video. The video requires Windows Media Player, version 9 or above, which can be downloaded from Microsoft.
The Handy Guide to the Gurus of Management, Episode 3: Peter Drucker, by Charles Handy. BBC World Service Radio Broadcast, c2003.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/handy/drucker.shtml
"Scandals nothing new to business guru," by Bruce Rosenstein. USA Today. McLean, Va., Jul 5, 2002, p. B.08 http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/07/05/2002-07-05-drucker.htm
Interview with Drucker in his later years.
Management Guru Peter Drucker, 95, Dies, by Alex Veiga. AP Wire from WTOP news radio station, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2005.
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=111&sid=620105
"The Man Who Invented Management. Why Peter Drucker's ideas still matter," by John A. Byrne. Business Week. November 28, 2005. pages 96-106.
"Peter Drucker's Legacy Includes Simple Advice: It's All About the People,"
by Scott Thurm and Joann S. Lublin. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition. November 14, 2005. page B1.
"An American Sage," Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition. November 14, 2005. page A22.
"Peter Drucker Remembered," Innovation Zone: BlogTalkRadio aired 2PM EST on July 12, 2007. http://blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=38064
Reminisences of Peter Drucker by talk radio show host Thomas Koupoulos and author Bruce Rosenstein, who is working on a book about Drucker.
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Peter Drucker published his first book, The End of Economic Man, in 1939. Peter Drucker has written thirty-six books in all: sixteen books deal with management, including the landmark books The Practice of Management and The Effective Executive; sixteen cover society, economics, and politics; two are novels; and one is a collection of autobiographical essays. His most recent book, The Daily Drucker, was published in 2004.
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