TY - BOOK AU - Drucker, Peter, F. TI - The effective executive: The definitive guide to getting the right things done SN - 9780062399878 U1 - 658.4 23 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Harper business N1 - INTRODUCTION: What makes an effective executive? 1- Effectiveness can be learned; 2- Know the time; 3- What can i contribute?; 4- Making strength productive; 5- First things first; 7- Effective decisions; CONCLUSION : Effectiveness must be learn; INDEX N2 - The measure of the executive , Peter F. Drucker reminds us , is the ability to 'get the right things done'. this actually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive . intelligence , imagination , and knowledge may be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can , and must , be learned: - Managing time; - Choosing what to contribute to the organisation - Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect - Setting the right priorities -Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making ranging widely through the annals of business and government, Peter F. Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations ER -