Peter Drucker as an Education
The Trail of Thought of a Giant of Knowledge
Publication Date: May 2023
List Price 1,980 JPY (10% consumption tax included)
ISBN：9784492522363 / Size：H188mm × W130mm / Softcover / 288 pages
Learn how to live in the age of chaos from the Giant of Knowledge!
"The End of Economic Man": a debut work highly praised by Winston Churchill
"Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices": a must-read for businesspeople worldwide
"The Age of Discontinuity" and "The Ecological Vision": books of wisdom described with extraordinary insight
How did he write these masterpieces? How should we read them now?
The author, a reporter for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper, wrote this ambitious work based on his over 30 years of interaction with Drucker.
Overview
What can we learn from Drucker now?
The author, a close acquaintance of Drucker's, reads his significant works and explains the ideas and essence of the "Giant of Knowledge."
The author, a close acquaintance of Drucker's, reads his significant works and explains the ideas and essence of the "Giant of Knowledge."
Table of Contents
Prologue: 95 Years of Observing the 20th Century
Chapter 1: My First Meeting with Drucker
Chapter 2: The Encounters Changed His Life
Chapter 3: The Ability to Read the Times
Chapter 4: The Invention of "Management"
Chapter 5: Thoroughly Human-Centered
Chapter 6: His Message to Japan
Epilogue: The Final Lecture of Peter Drucker
Chapter 1: My First Meeting with Drucker
Chapter 2: The Encounters Changed His Life
Chapter 3: The Ability to Read the Times
Chapter 4: The Invention of "Management"
Chapter 5: Thoroughly Human-Centered
Chapter 6: His Message to Japan
Epilogue: The Final Lecture of Peter Drucker
Author Profile
Akira Kojima
Akira Kojima is a former senior managing editor and chief editorial writer at Nikkei Inc. and served as a trustee and visiting professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies until March 2023.
He was born in Yokohama in 1942. After graduating from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, he joined Nikkei Inc. He became a director and chief editorial writer in 1997, a director and senior managing director in 2003, and chairman of the Japan Center for Economic Research in 2004.
He has also served as a professor at Keio University (Graduate School of Commerce) and as a member of the Council for Gender Equality Cabinet Office.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Center for the Promotion of International Economic Cooperation (CIPEC) and as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the International Committee of the Honda Foundation.
（Information is current at the time of publishing.）
Akira Kojima is a former senior managing editor and chief editorial writer at Nikkei Inc. and served as a trustee and visiting professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies until March 2023.
He was born in Yokohama in 1942. After graduating from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, he joined Nikkei Inc. He became a director and chief editorial writer in 1997, a director and senior managing director in 2003, and chairman of the Japan Center for Economic Research in 2004.
He has also served as a professor at Keio University (Graduate School of Commerce) and as a member of the Council for Gender Equality Cabinet Office.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Center for the Promotion of International Economic Cooperation (CIPEC) and as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the International Committee of the Honda Foundation.
（Information is current at the time of publishing.）
