Charles Perrow vs. Peter Drucker
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Charles Perrow
1925 – 2019
Charles Bryce Perrow, or Chick Perrow was an American sociologist and a leading figure of organizational sociology. He spent most of his career at SUNY Stony Brook and Yale University as a professor of sociology. He authored several books and many articles on organizations, including Normal Accidents, and was primarily concerned with the impact of large organizations on society.
"Some of these by-products may become so important to the participants who make up the institution as to constitute unofficial goals. “I would not be interested …"
Peter Drucker
1909 – 2005
Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and contributed to the popularization of the concepts known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the champion of management as a serious discipline".
"The subordinate's job is not to reform or reeducate the boss, not to make him conform to what the business schools or the management book say bosses should be l…"
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