{"product_id":"book-c650","title":"The Effective Executive","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes an effective executive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as \"the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management—the executive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to \"get the right things done.\" This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can—and must—be mastered:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManaging time;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoosing what to contribute to the organization;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting the right priorities;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnitting all of them together with effective decision-making\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging across the annals of business and government, Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344996639024,"sku":"BDc650","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344996671792,"sku":"ZEc650","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344996704560,"sku":"ZMc650","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c650-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778310705","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c650","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}