Since this book's original 1974 publication (New York: Harper & Row), Peter F. Drucker (based for some time at Stanford) has updated and expanded his writings on the science of management. This edition combines some of the original articles with research from 1974-2005. The 48 chapters are organized under the themes of management's new realities, business performance, performance in service institutions, productive work and the achieving worker, social impacts and responsibilities, the manager's work and jobs, managerial skills, innovation and entrepreneurship, managerial organization, and new demands on the individual. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)