Are we at the dawn of a new management paradigm? Continuing to focus only on share-holder value and short-term financial results will not be adequate to tackle the huge challenges of the future. Neither will quixotic fights against the momentum of governance systems nor romantic do-gooder approaches. What we need is for managers to build on the fundamental strengths of capitalism - with its unmatched ability to generate wealth.
Can management combine the creation of economic value with social value?
The 3rd Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna on November 3 and 4, 2011 will provide the platform for a dialogue about “what needs to be done” in this regard and “how to get there.” Concrete cases and initiatives will be presented and discussed.
The Forum will feature a roster of world-class speakers, including:
Charles Handy, social philosopher and author of The Hungry Spirit
Rakesh Khurana, professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School and the author of From Higher Aims to Hired Hands
Mark R. Kramer, managing director of FSG and co-author with Michael E. Porter of the recent Harvard Business Review article Creating Shared Value
Natsumi Iwasaki, author of the best-selling novel in Japan in 2010, featuring the ideas of Peter Drucker
Deepa Prahalad, book author and consultant who is continuing the work of her late father, C.K. Prahalad, as reflected in his book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Iqbal Quadir, director and founder of the Legatum Centre at MIT and the former CEO of Grameenphone in Bangladesh
Peter Gomez, President of SIX Group, Initiator of the “Swiss Dialogue”
Rick Wartzman, executive director of the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University and an online columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek
Adrian Wooldridge, management editor of The Economist
Thomas Sattelberger, Board Member for Human Resources, Deutsche Telekom
CEOs and senior executives from General Electric, Haniel Group, Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Mazars, the Zurich Stock Exchange, Deutsche Telekom and other leading corporations will provide their perspectives on “making it happen.”
The Forum will consist of major thematic sessions followed by a call to action, all linked by the common thread of building a new legitimacy for management.
Management – aspiring to a new identity
The latent potential within organizations
Contributing to a functioning and prosperous society (case studies)
One world – the case for the poorest of the poor
Developing Managers for the 21st century
The format includes plenary and break-out sessions, as well as working groups. The Forum is being designed for a high degree of interactivity. The younger generation will also be involved, with winners of the Global Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Contest participating in various panels and breakouts – see http://www.druckerchallenge.org/.
The Forum will be held in the splendid historic building of the Hall of Sciences at the old Vienna University – a 17th-century building equipped with modern infrastructure, bridging the past and the present. (For more on our venue, please visit http://aula-wien.at/en/aula)
Corporate leaders and managers of institutions across all sectors are being called upon to shape the future. We now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unleash the power latent in people and organizations for the benefit of both business and society. It is a quest for legitimacy adequate to the vital role of management in modern societies.
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