The Practice of Management
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The Practice of Management is a seminal 1954 book by Peter F. Drucker that laid the foundations of modern management theory and popularized concepts such as decentralized decision-making and results-focused leadership.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Practice of Management canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9524940 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practice of Management Context triple: [Management by objectives, isDescribedIn, The Practice of Management]
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A.
In Search of Excellence
In Search of Excellence is the guiding motto of COMSATS University Islamabad, reflecting its commitment to high academic and research standards.
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B.
Center for Effective Organizations
The Center for Effective Organizations is a research and education institute at the USC Marshall School of Business focused on advancing knowledge and practice in organizational effectiveness, human resources, and workplace design.
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C.
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
"Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance" is a foundational business strategy book by Michael Porter that explains how firms can achieve and maintain superior performance through cost leadership, differentiation, and value chain analysis.
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D.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a bestselling self-help and personal development book by Stephen R. Covey that outlines a principle-centered approach to effectiveness in both personal and professional life.
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E.
"The Nature of the Firm"
"The Nature of the Firm" is a foundational 1937 economic essay by Ronald Coase that explains why firms exist and how transaction costs shape their size and structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practice of Management Target entity description: The Practice of Management is a seminal 1954 book by Peter F. Drucker that laid the foundations of modern management theory and popularized concepts such as decentralized decision-making and results-focused leadership.
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A.
In Search of Excellence
In Search of Excellence is the guiding motto of COMSATS University Islamabad, reflecting its commitment to high academic and research standards.
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B.
Center for Effective Organizations
The Center for Effective Organizations is a research and education institute at the USC Marshall School of Business focused on advancing knowledge and practice in organizational effectiveness, human resources, and workplace design.
-
C.
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
"Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance" is a foundational business strategy book by Michael Porter that explains how firms can achieve and maintain superior performance through cost leadership, differentiation, and value chain analysis.
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D.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a bestselling self-help and personal development book by Stephen R. Covey that outlines a principle-centered approach to effectiveness in both personal and professional life.
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E.
"The Nature of the Firm"
"The Nature of the Firm" is a foundational 1937 economic essay by Ronald Coase that explains why firms exist and how transaction costs shape their size and structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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management book ⓘ |
| author |
Peter F. Drucker
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linked to:
Peter Drucker
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs |
foundational text of modern management
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seminal work in management theory ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
customer orientation of business
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importance of setting clear objectives ⓘ management as a distinct function ⓘ measurement of performance by results ⓘ the manager’s responsibility for integrating people and structure ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
decentralization
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management by objectives ⓘ managerial functions ⓘ objectives and results ⓘ organizational structure ⓘ role of the manager ⓘ |
| genre |
business
ⓘ
management ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of the manager’s job
ⓘ
chapters on management by objectives and self-control ⓘ chapters on structure and decentralization ⓘ discussion of the executive’s role in society ⓘ discussion of the nature of management ⓘ |
| influencedField |
business education
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corporate governance ⓘ modern management theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
business administration
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management ⓘ management theory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early systematic treatment of management as a discipline
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influencing 20th-century management practices ⓘ |
| partOf | Peter Drucker’s management writings corpus ⓘ |
| popularizedConcept |
decentralized decision-making
ⓘ
management by objectives (MBO) ⓘ
linked to:
management by objectives
results-focused leadership ⓘ |
| proposes |
management by objectives as a central management tool
ⓘ
systematic approach to management ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
business executives
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management students ⓘ managers ⓘ |
| viewsBusinessAs | an organ of society ⓘ |
| viewsManagementAs | a practice rather than a science ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Practice of Management Description of subject: The Practice of Management is a seminal 1954 book by Peter F. Drucker that laid the foundations of modern management theory and popularized concepts such as decentralized decision-making and results-focused leadership.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
management by objectives
subject linked to:
Drucker