Heroic Drucker

Jean Etienne Joullié; Robert Spillane

doi:10.1007/s10551-014-2068-0

Heroic Drucker

Jean Etienne Joullié^*, Robert Spillane

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to argue that the ethical concepts and principles that made Peter Drucker a leading figure in management can be analysed in the terms of the oldest Western worldview, ancient heroism. A description of the salient features of heroism is offered first, followed by an overview of Drucker’s ‘Management by Objectives’ (MBO) framework. These expositions show that ancient heroism is an important component of MBO and reveal its strengths and weaknesses.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Volume	128
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	95-105
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0167-4544
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2068-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Drucker
Heroism
Homer
Iliad
MBO

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