Take a look. Steve Denning has written a useful and stimulating post (and has had some fascinating comments in response). Read Steve’s post here. It has to do with a recent Tom Friedman column. Don’t know if you read Tom’s work. I do, and I always find myself impressed with Tom’s insight. His column last week, about …
Drucker Management for Libraries
The management of non-profits was always one of Peter Drucker’s great interests, and he gave much attention to the role of management excellence and its importance for non-profits, particularly later in his work. In The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Nonprofit Organization (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993), Drucker expressed his goals …
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Who’s Doing What? What’s the Strategy Behind the Effort?
A study being undertaken at SMR International seeks to identify and publish steps leading to the development and implementation of a corporate social responsibility strategy. Just as they identify and share the elements of organizational knowledge strategy (and indeed of strategies for many other functions), organizational leaders must identify and examine steps to take to …
Closing the Digital Divide in Africa
DEALING WITH DRUCKER’S “RESPONSIBILITY GAP” IN AFRICA A new special report from SMR International takes a look at efforts to train Africa’s youth in ICT and KM skills. Linking that effort to recent attention about the “responsibility gap” from the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, the report (“Closing the Digital Divide: Dealing with Drucker’s …
