1st Edition
The Ecological Vision Reflections on the American Condition
Introduction
Part 1: American Experiences
1. The American Genius is Political
2. Calhoun's Pluralism
3. Henry Ford: The Last Populist
4. IBM's Watson: Vision for Tomorrow
5. The Myth of American Uniformity
Part 2: Economics as a Social Dimension
6. The Economic Basis of American Politics
7. The Poverty of Economic Theory
8. The Delusion of Profits
9. Schumpeter and Keynes
10. Keynes: Economics as a Magical System
Part 3: The Social Function of Management
11. Management's Role
12. Management: The Problems of Success
13. Social Innovation: Management's New Dimension
Part 4: Business as a Social Institution
14. Can The Be "Business Ethics"
15. The New Productivity Challenge
16. The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing
17. The Hostile Takeover and its Discontents
Part 5: Work, Tools and Society
18. Work and Tools
19. Technology, Science and Culture
20. India and Apprpriate Technology
21. The First Technological Revolution
Part 6: The Information-Based Society
22. Information, Communications and Understanding
23. Information and the Riture of City
24. The Information-Based Organization
Part 7: Japan as Society and Civilization
25. A View of Japan Through Japanese Art
26. Japan: The Problems of Success
27. Behind Japan's Success
28. Misintepreting Japan and the Japanese
29. How Westernized are the Japanese?
Part 8: Why Society is not Enough
30. The Unfashionable Kierkegaard
Afterword: Reflections of a Social Ecologist
Biography
Peter Drucker
