The Daily Drucker: January 13 – Management and the Liberal Arts

Management is a liberal art.

Management is what tradition used to call a liberal art – “liberal” because it deals with the fundamentals of knowledge, self-knowledge, wisdom, and leadership; “art” because it deals with practice and application.  Managers draw upon all of the knowledges and insights of the humanities and social sciences – on psychology and philosophy, on economics and history, on the physical sciences and ethics.  But they have to focus this knowledge on the effectiveness and results – on healing a sick patient, teaching a student, building a bridge, designing and selling a “user-friendly” software program.

ACTION POINT: What is your plan to develop yourself in the humanities and the social sciences? Develop such a plan today.

Quoted from The Daily Drucker, January 13 , Page 15