The article discusses Peter Drucker's views on federalism and management as a liberal art. It analyzes Drucker's writings and other historical sources to show how federalism influenced his management theories. The author speculates on what Drucker may have written about these topics if he was still alive. While the article provides useful insights into Drucker's philosophy, it could have been better organized and more clearly outlined its objectives and contributions to the field.

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1. Introduction
“The next book Peter Drucker would have written: federalism and management as a liberal art”
is the article written on federalism and management as a liberal art. This article is constructed
on the idea and philosophy of Peter Drucker who died on November 11, 2005 at age of 95. He
was an Australian born American management consultant, educator, author and leader in the
development of management education. (Wikipedia). The aim of the paper is to discuss the
history of federalism, and to demonstrate how Drucker used that philosophy to shape his
management theories and provide suggestions for applying federalist principles to today’s
organizations. (Joseph A, 2010)
The paper is written to scholars in the field of management, politics and leaders to show a
possible new federalist way of power distribution and leadership. To understand the paper, the
reader should have background on Politics and Management or should be a politician or
academic researcher on the field of politics and management to clearly and fully comprehend
the view of paper. Since the paper is discussing about federalism and liberal art, the reader
should be familiar with these two concepts.
Federalism and management as a liberal art is the research area of the paper and it is published
on “Emerald, Management Decision Vol. 48 No. 4, 2010, pp. 628-655q Emerald Group
Publishing Limited)”. “Emerald Group Publishing Limited is a scholarly publisher of academic
journals and books in the fields of management, business, education, library studies, health
care, and engineering. It was founded in the United Kingdom in 1967 and has its headquarters
in Bingley.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Group_Publishing as on Dec 5 2015).
Emerald eJournals includes over 120,000 articles from nearly 300 journals. The eJournal
product is a cross disciplinary journal database including peer-reviewed, international research
in both established and emerging areas of interest. It is hard to find a journal which really
complete to address to the exact audience. Like, this article is published on very appropriate
journal and it is believed that the article has reached its appropriate audience through Emerald
Journal.

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The paper focuses on the philosophy of Peter Drucker on federalism and liberal art. The writer
of the article has used philosophy of Peter Drucker to predict what would have Peter Drucker
write if he were alive. This article raises ideas of Peter Drucker from his previous books and
articles plus critics on Mr. Drucker and his response to those criticisms. This paper analyzed
Drucker’s own writings, as well as historical primary sources to illustrate the influence of
federalism. This paper do not use primary data through data collection and even do not have
hypothesis or research question. Since the paper or the researcher has not used data collection
and hypothesis, the paper is not empirical paper rather the paper has used ideas, theories or
concepts and philosophies to assess and build concrete of ideas. Therefore, the paper is
conceptual paper.
2. Summary
Federalism is the theory or advocacy of federal principles for dividing powers between member
units and common institutions. Unlike in a unitary state, sovereignty in federal political orders is
non-centralized, often constitutionally, between at least two levels so that units at each level
have final authority and can be self-governing in some issue area. Drucker’s use of federalist
principles embodied his own concept of management as a liberal art Drucker‘s teachings are
pragmatic for a diverse society of institutions and seek a model for a tolerable society of diverse
organizations. It considers both the nature of man and organizational realities. Like Federalists
he struggled to find blue print for organizations to curb worst tendencies in human kind while
liberating potential of people for good. Framers side stepped conflicts between state and
federal government creating ambiguity and Drucker recognized similar conflict between
decentralized units and central administration ambiguity by design
3. Contributions
Among the contemporary management thinkers, Peter Drucker outshines all. He has varied
experience and background which include psychology, sociology, law, and journalism. Through

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his consultancy assignments, he has developed solutions to number of managerial problems.
Therefore, his contributions cover various approaches of management. He has written many
books and papers. This paper builds a new relation between federalism and management of
liberal art which creates better understanding and knowledge of human nature and federalism.
4. Foundation
This article is built up on the view and philosophy of Peter Drucker on federalism and liberal art.
The writer of the article has used philosophy of Peter Drucker to predict what would have Peter
Drucker write if he were alive and Drucker’s own writings, as well as historical primary sources
were analyzed.
5. General Critiques
The authors of this article did clearly indicate the issue of the study in introduction and
conclusion parts of the article. The main objective of this study is supported by illustration and
historical data very clearly.
The paper is focused on the past history and lack to predict the future. It usually goes to the
past book which are very old like 1945 books and 1985 book to refer on the concept and
philosophy of the article. As it is written on 2010 it should discuss the possible future and
current environmental situation. It has discussed the criticism of others writers on Peter
Drucker and also his critics on other writers. The authors have reviewed appropriate articles
and research paper findings to start building there idea. Though the number of articles and
book reviewed were not enough.
Finally, it is difficult to justify that the authors had reviewed enough number of articles and
researches which can enable them to justify their idea and to let the reader know that they
have read enough articles, research papers, books, conference reports and so on, on the
research area.

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Below are some critiques of the articles: -
 The title “The next book Peter Drucker would have written: federalism and management
as a liberal art” is very short and clear. Plus, the scope of the article is not limited in the
title. It is difficult to a reader to get the idea of the article as he/she reads the title.
 The article build on philosophy and stated with illustration and it is clear.
 The objective is not clearly and separately stated. It takes effort to know the objective of
the study. So, it should be clearly stated.
 Significance of the study is not clearly stated.
 The language and vocabulary used are difficult and many jargons are used in the article
which made it difficult for any ordinary person to understand the article.
 Since the paper is conceptual research paper, it is guided by providing a theoretical
constricts in designing a conceptual model begins with conducting review of literature,
search peer reviewed journal articles, monographs, conference paper and other
relevant references.
 Adds a new knowledge to the research field.
 The authors steeped on many ideas which made the research full of contents. Though, it
lucks some harmonized idea which enable the reader to read without recognizing the
gap between two different ideas. The paper is well arranged and need little work on
coherence of idea. The idea flow is logical and reasonable. Generally, it is not well
organized.
 Similar citation standard is used throughout the paper. Well cited and referred.
Strength
 Problem directed
 Add new knowledge on the research area.
 Properly Cited

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 The picture of article is very relevant and supportive and it is referred properly. Plus
used by permission.
 The problem raised are answered
Weakness
 Lack of clear objective
 Lack of the showing the benefits of the study.
 Lack of recommendation
 Not well organized
 Jargons were used
 The vocabulary used are difficult
6. Issues listed by the author
The main issue that raised by the authors of the “The next book Peter Drucker would have
written: federalism and management as a liberal art” article is “to discuss the history of
federalism, and to demonstrate how Drucker used that philosophy to shape his own
management theories.” Based on this main issue the following sub issues are discussed by the
authors of the article:
 Drucker‘s View of Human Nature & Impact on Organizations
 Drucker‘s View of Human Nature and Federalism
 Influence of Federalist Papers on Drucker‘s Management Ideas
7. Conclusions
The article is full of contents and literature review in the content of the articles. Though, the
writers should have also reviewed enough outputs o others as they reviewed Peter Drucker‘s. It
is fair to say the procedures and cited literature make the articles trust worth as the article
starts it basis from previous literature and illustration of the firms. The practice of management
as a liberal art as derived from the totality of Drucker’s work offers a pragmatic and attainable

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model for managing society’s institutions. Management as a liberal art takes into account the
reality of human nature. (Joseph A, 2010)
Therefore, I justify that the article is publish on appropriate journal and the article is worthy to
be published. Though, it had some minor problems.
8. Recommendations
The following recommendations have been made for the article “The next book Peter Drucker
would have written: federalism and management as a liberal art”.
 The authors should clear specify the objective of the study
 The authors should show the benefits of the study.
 The authors should leave recommendation for further research
 The authors should keep the harmony of the idea in moving from one idea to the other
idea.
 The authors should make the article simple and clear that any one (Not professional in the
field) can understand
9. Annotated Biography
Joseph A. Maciariello, 2010 “The next book Peter Drucker would have written:
federalism and management as a liberal art” Management Decision,Vol. 48 No. 4,
2010, pp. 628-655, q Emerald Group Publishing Limited0025-1747 DOI
10.1108/00251741011041391
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker as of Dec 05 2015
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