The Essential Drucker

In One Volume the Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management

By: Peter F. Drucker

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than 60 years. Now, for listeners everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker - an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend.

Containing 26 core selections, The Essential Drucker covers the basic principles and concerns of management and its problems, challenges, and opportunities, giving managers, executives, and professionals the tools to perform the tasks that the economy and society of tomorrow will demand of them.

©2001 Peter F. Drucker (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

Listen again and again

This was my first introduction to Drucker. It was extremely enlightening, and I will definitely have to listen to this again as there were too many ideas to contemplate.

One of the best management books I've read

This book opened my eyes on what management really is, beyond just business management. We are thought that management is all about business process but listening to this book, I realised that there is more than that.

Narrator performance is amazing and the book is eye opening for everyone aspiring to be a good or great manager.

Strongly recommend it.

A very good use of 11 hours of your life

There are many great points in The Essential Drucker but as indicated in the subtitle, some of the information is quite dated. The book was published in 2000, nearly 20 years ago by now and some of the articles were written 60 years before that. Some would argue that the test of time proves it's worth, to which I would agree. Peter Drucker's business sense has proven the test of time but Peter's crystal ball wasn't perfect. You won't find a better source for business knowledge but you'll have to overlook some of the dated examples.

Drucker is the GOAT

Drucker is a legend and a philosopher-king. No wonder he is rightly deemed the business philosopher – his work transcends everything else out there, and is on the level of a fine art masterpiece or comparable achievement of human thought.

Much of the book is a straight compilation from The Effective Executive, Managing Oneself, and Innovation and entrepreneurship – but there are still many hidden gems throughout that I’ve not yet read anywhere else.

Narration was way too fast for the amount of content and its high level nature. I listened on 0.8x speed to make palatable.

Drucker ' s story

the narrator was a great pick to help tell this story. although a lengthy and robust book...it has some superb nuggets on the world of the knowledge worker.

Useful reference but some suspect facts and dogma

Good to hear the original much quoted concepts.

I'd be curious to know if the printed edition cites any references for 'facts' like "inequality is decreasing".
The reasonable advice on management is undermined by rants on good and bad political or social structures and human nature.

The compilation led to some repeats.

A must book for entrepreneurs

I have listened to many of Petee Druckers books but this one made the most sence.

The foundation of business

after listening to the essential trucker, it will be my goal to fully dive into all of his writings. it is obvious that his philosophies are the foundation for so many business leaders and educators who have been successful.

Very Hard to Listen too on Audible

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Content of the book was great, overall person reading on Audible not so much. Made me realize how much the "voice" really affected my desire to listen to this book. Other books I am banging away, this book I made it through 5 hrs of content and it was a snooze fest.

Timeless

Drucker’s crystal ball at times is amazingly accurate. The true value in this piece is that many of his theories/thoughts (some examples though obviously dated) have withstood the test of time. A lot of what we take for granted was thought pioneered by him. Several more recent pieces (Good to Great and Atomic Habits are two that come immediately to mind) have concepts that are rounded off of Drucker’s work. A must read for all professions.