Title: The ecological vision : reflections on the American condition /
Authors: Drucker, Peter F. 1909-2005
Publisher: Transaction Publishers,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Human ecology United States; Nature Effect of human beings on United States; Communities; United States Social conditions.
Contents: pt. 1. American Experiences. 1. The American Genius Is Political. 2. Calhoun's Pluralism. 3. Henry Ford: The Last Populist. 4. IBM's Watson: Vision for Tomorrow. 5. The Myth of American Uniformity -- pt. 2. Economics as a Social Dimension. 6. The Economic Basis of American Politics. 7. The Poverty of Economic Theory. 8. The Delusion of Profits. 9. Schumpeter and Keynes. 10. Keynes: Economics as a Magical System -- pt. 3. The Social Function of Management. 11. Management's Role. 12. Management: The Problems of Success. 13. Social Innovation: Management's New Dimension -- pt. 4. Business as a Social Institution. 14. Can There Be "Business Ethics"? 15. The New Productivity Challenge. 16. The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing. 17. The Hostile Takeover and Its Discontents -- pt. 5. Work, Tools, and Society. 18. Work and Tools. 19. Technology, Science, and Culture. 20. India and Appropriate Technology. 21. The First Technological Revolution and Its Lessions -- pt. 6. The Information-Based Society. 22. Information, Communications, and Understanding. 23. Information and the Future of the City. 24. The Information-Based Organization -- pt. 7. Japan as Society and Civilization. 25. A View of Japan through Japanese Art. 26. Japan: The Problems of Success. 27. Behind Japan's Success. 28. Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese. 29. How Westernized Are the Japanese? -- pt. 8. Why Society Is Not Enough. 30. The Unfashionable Kierkegaard -- Afterword: Reflections of a Social Ecologist.