In his 2001 book, The Essential Drucker, management guru Dr. Peter Drucker said, "The future may be 'post-Western', it may be 'anti-Western.' It cannot be 'non-Western.' Its material civilization and its knowledges all rest on Western foundations: Western science; tools and technology; production; economics; Western-style foundations and banking. None of these can work unless grounded in an understanding and acceptance of Western ideas and of the entire Western tradition."
I have a PhD from the same private, research extensive university that Dr. Drucker was affiliated with and where the university's school of management is co-named after him. I believe that his "Western foundations" conclusion is somewhat problematic for people with cultures from Asia and Africa, because many cultures predate Europe, and some of these cultures now also influence many Western knowledges.
The peril of a sole "Western foundations" point cannot be emphasized enough, because it is quite likely that most people are not aware of how widespread institutions are that overtly and covertly buttress these foundations -- from professional sports to the judicial system to images of Christ to research -- while at the same time invalidating the cultural and leadership foundations of non-Europeans.
KOH PhD (Ife Ukwu)
I have a PhD from the same private, research extensive university that Dr. Drucker was affiliated with and where the university's school of management is co-named after him. I believe that his "Western foundations" conclusion is somewhat problematic for people with cultures from Asia and Africa, because many cultures predate Europe, and some of these cultures now also influence many Western knowledges.
The peril of a sole "Western foundations" point cannot be emphasized enough, because it is quite likely that most people are not aware of how widespread institutions are that overtly and covertly buttress these foundations -- from professional sports to the judicial system to images of Christ to research -- while at the same time invalidating the cultural and leadership foundations of non-Europeans.
KOH PhD (Ife Ukwu)
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