Who is the founder of modern management theory?

Henri fayol is an outstanding representative of western classical management theory in French. The general management theory he put forward had a great influence on the development of western management theory and became the theoretical basis of later management process school. 19 16, Fa Yueer published his masterpiece "industrial management and general management", which became the earliest comprehensive exposition of general management theory. Fa Yueer is therefore known as the "father of management theory".

Drucker 1909 was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and his ancestral home was in the Netherlands. His family engaged in book publishing in the17th century (Drucker originally meant "printer"). His father is an Austrian official in charge of cultural affairs and founded the Salzburg Music Festival. His mother was one of the first women in Austria to study medicine. Drucker grew up in a rich cultural environment. His autobiographical novel The Spectator, written from 65438 to 0979, gives a detailed and vivid description of his growth process.

Drucker was educated in Austria and Germany. After 1929, he worked as a journalist and economist in the international bank in London. 193 1 obtained the doctor of law from the university of Frankfurt. 1937 immigrated to the United States and worked as an economist and management consultant in some banks, insurance companies and multinational companies. From 1942 to 1949, he is a professor of philosophy and political science at Benington University. 1942 was hired as the consultant of General Motors, the largest enterprise in the world at that time. 1946 edited and published the book "the concept of the company", which has a detailed and unique analysis of the organizational structure of large enterprises. 1950, Professor of Management, Business Institute, new york University.

1954, Drucker published the book Management Practice, from which management became a discipline, thus establishing the status of management master. His book Effective Managers, published in 1966, has become a must-read classic for senior managers. The magnum opus Management: Task, Responsibility and Practice published by 1973 is a systematic management manual for business operators and a systematic teaching material for students studying management. Drucker's works have reached 30 Yu Ben, spread to 130 countries, and even sold well in the former Soviet Union, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic and other countries. Among them, his principles, concepts and inventions are most respected, including: "Starting to take management as a discipline, taking target management and self-control as a management philosophy, the purpose of organization is to create and satisfy customers, the basic functions of enterprises are marketing and innovation, the role of top managers in enterprise strategy is more important than efficiency, decentralization, privatization, the rise of knowledge workers, and a society based on knowledge and information."

Drucker has been writing and teaching continuously. Since 197 1, he has been teaching at Peter of Claremont University. Drucker graduate school of management. In order to commemorate his outstanding contribution in the field of management, the Institute of Management of Claremont University was named after him. 1990, in order to improve the performance of non-profit organizations, the author Francis. Hessel and others created Drucker's reputation and established Drucker's non-profit foundation in the United States. For more than ten years, the foundation has selected outstanding public welfare organizations, held seminars and published various teaching materials, books and publications, which have had a great impact on society.