The Future of Industrial Man is the only book by Peter Drucker
in which he systematically develops a basic social theory. He
presents the requirements for any society to be functioning and
legitimate, and then applies these general concepts to the special
case of the industrial society. In his new introduction, Drucker
explains that his reference to mercantilism in The Future of
Industrial Man can today be called neoconservatism, which, he
asserts, denies rather than affirms the reality of industrial and
postindustrial society.
Drucker outlines the major shifts of previous centuries. He
describes the move from an agrarian to an industrial economy,
illustrates the structure and dynamics of this new industrial
order, and warns of the abuses inherent in the system if attempts
are made to maintain it under anachronistic social conventions. He
emphasizes the fact that the new industrial order must operate
under a "legitimate" system of po-litical power supported by social
authority. He discusses the particular roles of the owners, the
workers, the managers--the corporation itself--as he pinpoints the
problem that he considers the most central and the most critical:
how to maintain the continuing freedom of the individual in an
increasingly intricate, bureaucratized world.
Following the initial publication of this work, Jacques Barzun
wrote in The New Republic, "Here is a book which is so perfectly
planned and so transparently written as to read with almost
indecent ease. . . . Each page is the fruit of much learning and
long reflection. It should accordingly by studied, pondered over,
ana-lyzed word by word." According to W. H. Chamberlain of The
Atlantic Monthly, " Drucker] possesses a fund of historical and
economic knowledge." The Future of Industrial Man is a landmark
study by a noted analyst of the modern corporation. It is of
continuing importance to economists, industrial studies scholars,
and profes-sionals in business.
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