The Gurus in this Book Frederick Taylor (1856—1917) the man who believed that management was a science. For most of the last century almost every business person believed him. Alfred P. Sloan (1875-1966) the man who made General Motors the biggest, richest and most powerful company of all time. How did he do it? Peter Drucker (1909-) the man who invented modern management and saw all the changes of the modern world many years before they happened. Tom Peters (1942— ) the pop star of the management world. You either hate him or you love him, but you have to listen to what he says. Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943—) the woman who said that business was competing in a company Olympics. So what does a company need to do to succeed? Charles Handy (1932—) the man who suggests that 'upside down' thinking is the solution to the problems of the modern business world. But what exactly does he mean? Management Gurus is for people who want to find out about why the modern business world works like it does!