Peter F. Drucker is the most significant management thinker of our time and is regarded as the "father of management." Central to his thinking is the belief that a manager can only fulfill his social function in the long term if he aligns his actions with certain values: character, self-control, responsibility, duty, dignity, intellectual integrity, continuous self-development, and the ability to intentionally drive change. Drucker's credo can be summarized as follows: effective management is not possible without a commitment to conservative values. In this volume, experienced top managers and management thinkers who are closely aligned with Peter F. Drucker's ideas describe the influence Drucker and his work have had on their actions.