Managing in the Next Society

To be able to exploit these changes as opportunities for the enterprise ... executives will have to understand the realities of the Next Society and will have to base their policies and strategies on them. To help them do this, to help them successfully manage in the Next Society, is the purpose of this book.' - Peter F. Drucker
Managing in the Next Society is a collection of Peter Drucker's most strikingly prescient articles from the past five years. Salient and incisive as ever, Drucker ranges widely over the most critical issues facing business and society today to offer advice, admonition and instruction for proactive executives.

Part I: The Information Society - Beyond the Information Revolution

• The Exploding World of the Internet
• From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy
• E-Commerce: The Central Challenge
• The New Economy Isn't Here Yet
• The CEO in the New Millennium

Part II: Business Opportunities - Entrepreneurs and Innovation

• They're Not Employees, They're People
• Financial Services: Innovate or Die
• Moving Beyond Capitalism?

Part III: The Changing World Economy - The Rise of the Great Institutions

• The Global Economy and the Nation-State
• It's the Society, Stupid
• On Civilizing the City

Part IV: The Next Society - The Next Society

• The New Demographics
• The New Workforce
• The Manufacturing Paradox
• Will the Corporation Survive?
• The Future of Top Management
• The Way Ahead.