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The document summarizes key concepts from management expert Peter Drucker's book on developing a theory of the business. It discusses Drucker's view that an organization's assumptions about its environment, mission, and core competencies must fit reality and each other. It also outlines Drucker's recommendations for maintaining a valid theory of the business through periodically challenging assumptions and studying external trends.
Peter Drucker's Insights on Maintaining a Valid Theory of Business
1. WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL
PRESENTS
INSIDE THE GURU MIND SERIES
Peter Drucker
The Great Pioneer Of Management Theory
And Practice
By
Robert Heller
Published By Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London 2001
ISBN: 0789451581; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
112 pages
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