New from the Institute: The Craft of Management
Kenneth Hopper and William Hopper’s book The Puritan Gift explains that “managing can be learned only by working under a skilled practitioner in a non-academic setting and by observing and copying what he or she does.” The Writers-in-Residence at the Drucker Institute go on to say that this view was not unique to them, but had been shared by Peter Drucker. “Half a century ago,” they note, “it was implied by the word ‘practice’ in the title of Drucker’s The Practice of Management.”
William Hopper expanded on these ideas in a lecture he delivered in Claremont, which has been brought to life in this short cartoon. Here Hopper explains the “craft of management” and the value of looking back to old wisdom in order to move forward with new practices.
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February 4, 2011[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Drucker Institute and RRFC Chris Offer, Dan Currier. Dan Currier said: RT @DruckerInst: Cool new animation on the CRAFT OF MANAGEMENT! http://bit.ly/hzl5aq #WillHopper #PeterDrucker #management [...]
ED Savage
February 5, 2011Our friends the Hoppers have become gurus ! That’s an acronym for Good Unknown Recently Unearthed Sources … of wisdom and experience…
ana macedo
February 6, 2011Great concepts in the video!! Congratulations…
Alba Patricia Valencia
February 7, 2011Not only is the domain of knowledge an art required for a good administrator. Administration considers it an intellectual professional practice which participates with intellectuals (Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer, to name a few) on a scientific basis in fiscal years as a coordinated whole.
So it is not fantasy to say that management is a science, because it corresponds to pure knowledge, knowing itself, to intellectual knowledge. Administration is an art, because it is the application of knowledge there. And administration is a technique; it is devoted to how to practice with skill, virtuosity and style.
Consequently, it is correct to think that the practical intellectual professions, also known as liberal, are arts, possessing deep roots based in science at the intersection of application and exercise. Thus we speak now of medical sciences, science of education, communication sciences and management sciences (According to Joseph wagon the concept of the professions stems from the decree of March 17, 1791, which allowed during the French Revolution the legal profession in France. WAGONS, Joseph. Les Liberal Professions. PUF, 1984. Page 5.).
No solo el dominio del conocimiento es el arte requerido para un buen administrador. La administración la sitúo como una profesión intelectual práctica que participa con las intelectuales del fundamento científico (Medico, Ingeniero, Abogado, por citar algunos) en ejercicios sociales en un todo coordinado.
Por lo tanto no es fantasía afirmar que la administración es CIENCIA, porque corresponde al saber puro, al saber en sí mismo, al conocimiento intelectual. La administración es ARTE, porque es la aplicación del saber habido. Y la administración es una TECNICA, porque se dedica al como practicar con acierto, virtuosismo y estilo.
En consecuencia, acertado es pensar que las profesiones intelectuales prácticas conocidas también como liberales, son artes, poseedoras de raíces hundidas en ciencia en el rincón angular del ejercicio y la aplicación. Por ello se habla hasta ahora, de las ciencias de la medicina, de las ciencias de la educación, de las ciencias de la comunicación y de las ciencias de la administración (Según Joseph Vagone, el concepto de profesiones liberales se origina en el decreto del 17 de marzo de 1791, que permitió durante la revolución francesa el libre ejercicio profesional en Francia. VAGONE, Joseph. Les Professions Libérales. PUF, 1984. Pág. 5.).
tom gilb
February 12, 2011this was good fun, may all video lectures be like this one!
Bob Austenfeld
May 19, 2011A great little video that encapsulates the message of The Puritan Gift in a clever and fun way. A message, by the way, that many would do well today to heed.