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The ecological vision : reflections on the American condition / Peter F. Drucker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2000Copyright date: ©1993Description: vii, 466 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1560000619
  • 9781560000617
  • 0765807254
  • 9780765807250
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.20973
LOC classification:
  • HN57. D76 1992
Contents:
Introduction -- Pt. 1. American Experiences -- Introduction to Part One -- 1. The American Genius Is Political -- 2. Calhoun's Pluralism -- 3. Henry Ford: The Last Populist -- 4. IBM's Watson: Vision for Tomorrow -- 5. The Myth of American Uniformity -- Pt. 2. Economics as a Social Dimension -- Introduction to Part Two -- 6. The Economic Basis of American Politics -- 7. The Poverty of Economic Theory -- 8. The Delusion of Profits -- 9. Schumpeter and Keynes -- 10. Keynes: Economics as a Magical System -- Pt. 3. The Social Function of Management -- Introduction to Part Three -- 11. Management's Role -- 12. Management: The Problems of Success -- 13. Social Innovation: Management's New Dimension -- Pt. 4. Business as a Social Institution -- Introduction to Part Four -- 14. Can There Be "Business Ethics"? -- 15. The New Productivity Challenge -- 16. The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing -- 17. The Hostile Takeover and Its Discontents -- Pt. 5. Work, Tools, and Society -- Introduction to Part Five -- 18. Work and Tools -- 19. Technology, Science, and Culture -- 20. India and Appropriate Technology -- 21. The First Technological Revolution and Its Lessions -- Pt. 6. The Information-Based Society -- Introduction to Part Six -- 22. Information, Communications, and Understanding -- 23. Information and the Future of the City -- 24. The Information-Based Organization -- Pt. 7. Japan as Society and Civilization -- Introduction to Part Seven -- 25. A View of Japan through Japanese Art -- 26. Japan: The Problems of Success -- 27. Behind Japan's Success -- 28. Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese -- 29. How Westernized Are the Japanese? -- Pt. 8. Why Society Is Not Enough -- Introduction to Part Eight -- 30. The Unfashionable Kierkegaard -- Afterword: Reflections of a Social Ecologist -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Pt. 1. American Experiences -- Introduction to Part One -- 1. The American Genius Is Political -- 2. Calhoun's Pluralism -- 3. Henry Ford: The Last Populist -- 4. IBM's Watson: Vision for Tomorrow -- 5. The Myth of American Uniformity -- Pt. 2. Economics as a Social Dimension -- Introduction to Part Two -- 6. The Economic Basis of American Politics -- 7. The Poverty of Economic Theory -- 8. The Delusion of Profits -- 9. Schumpeter and Keynes -- 10. Keynes: Economics as a Magical System -- Pt. 3. The Social Function of Management -- Introduction to Part Three -- 11. Management's Role -- 12. Management: The Problems of Success -- 13. Social Innovation: Management's New Dimension -- Pt. 4. Business as a Social Institution -- Introduction to Part Four -- 14. Can There Be "Business Ethics"? -- 15. The New Productivity Challenge -- 16. The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing -- 17. The Hostile Takeover and Its Discontents -- Pt. 5. Work, Tools, and Society -- Introduction to Part Five -- 18. Work and Tools -- 19. Technology, Science, and Culture -- 20. India and Appropriate Technology -- 21. The First Technological Revolution and Its Lessions -- Pt. 6. The Information-Based Society -- Introduction to Part Six -- 22. Information, Communications, and Understanding -- 23. Information and the Future of the City -- 24. The Information-Based Organization -- Pt. 7. Japan as Society and Civilization -- Introduction to Part Seven -- 25. A View of Japan through Japanese Art -- 26. Japan: The Problems of Success -- 27. Behind Japan's Success -- 28. Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese -- 29. How Westernized Are the Japanese? -- Pt. 8. Why Society Is Not Enough -- Introduction to Part Eight -- 30. The Unfashionable Kierkegaard -- Afterword: Reflections of a Social Ecologist -- Index.

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