Management as a Liberal Art

An ongoing exploration of Peter Drucker's vision of a functioning society based on human dignity in life, work, and community. In these episodes, we…
Nov 17th, 2021 | 22:49

Introduction to MLA

This inaugural episode introduces the idea of Management as a Liberal Art. We discuss the origins and history of Peter Drucker's theory of a Functioning Society of Institutions, and how MLA came about from that theory. The episode provides a brief example of MLA using one of Drucker's writings from the 1950s. Finally, this episode previews topics for future episodes, and gives listeners some ideas for how they might begin to think about applying MLA to their own work or organizations.