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Article: The nonprofits. (All About Drucker).(Peter Drucker)(Brief Article)
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- June 1, 2002
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Although Peter Drucker is best known as a management guru, his effect reaches far beyond the world of business.
For years he has written about the opportunities and challenges afforded in the social sector, the world of nonprofit organizations. It is no accident that the organization dedicated to his work is The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management.
Through his foundation and writings, Drucker has made available to the knowledge worker a body of work that teaches about charities, hospitals, churches, etc., (both their management and leadership) and opportunities for growth and advancement for the individual. He estimates there are 1.3 ...