Management – Theory and Practise.
Management – Theory and Practise -
Peter F. Drucker :
According to Drucker, it is management that enables the organisation to contribute a needed result to society, the economy and the individual (Mullins, 1999).
According to Drucker, management is tasks. Management is a discipline. But management is also people. Every achievement of management is the achievement of a manager. Every failure is a failure of a manager. People manage rather than ‘forces’ or ‘facts’.
The vision, dedication and integrity of managers determine whether there is management or mismanagement (Mullins, 1999).
Drucker is credited with being the first individual who wrote about Management by objectives (MbO)
MbO is a process through which specific goals are set collaboratively for the organisation as a whole and every unit and individual within it; the goals are then used as a basis for planning, managing organisational activities, and assessing and rewarding contributions (Bartol & Martin, 1998)