The Effective Executive

The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

The measure of the executive, Peter 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.

by Peter F. Drucker

Pan · First published 1967 · 183 pages