What Makes an Effective Executive (Harvard Business Review Classics). Peter F. Drucker

      WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE

      HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

      CLASSICS

      WHAT MAKES

      AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE

      Peter F. Drucker

      Harvard Business Review Press

      Boston, Massachusetts

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      WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE