Peter Dunger - Research
Peter Dunger - Research
Peter Dunger - Research
Peter Drucker is known as the father of modern management. A prolific writer, business
consultant and lecturer, he introduced many management concepts that have been embraced by
corporations around the world. He was a writer, management consultant, and self-described
"social ecologist." His books and scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are
organized across the business, government and the nonprofit sectors of society. His writings have
predicted many of the major developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization
and decentralization; the rise of Japan to economic world power; the decisive importance of
marketing.
Peter Drucker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George W.
Bush on July 9, 2002. He also received honours from the governments of Japan and Austria. He
was the Honorary Chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, now
the Leader to Leader Institute, from 1990 through 2002. In 1969 he was awarded New York
University's highest honour, the NYU Presidential Citation. Harvard Business Review honoured
Drucker in the spring of 2005 with his seventh McKinsey Award for his article, "What Makes an
Effective Executive", the most awarded to one person. Peter Drucker was inducted into the
Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1996. Additionally he holds 25 honorary
doctorates from American, Belgian, Czech, English, Spanish and Swiss Universities.