Centennial Overview
Among the activities being planned are a one-day summit with corporate leaders on “The Drucker CEO of the 21st Century”; a Drucker Centennial Public Lecture Series, to be held in conjunction with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles; a series of onstage conversations between Rajiv Dutta—a Drucker School alumnus and former president of eBay Marketplaces-and senior executives on “Managing in the 21st Century”; a Centennial marketing symposium that will showcase Drucker’s pioneering contributions to the field; and the production of a new text, “The Drucker Difference,” by Drucker School faculty.
We also anticipate as part of the Centennial the launching of a major community-service project in the Inland Empire by CGU students; the premier of the Drucker Institute documentary “Closing the Responsibility Gap”; a doubling around the world of the number of Drucker Societies—all volunteer groups that use Drucker’s teachings to bring about positive change in their communities; and a major conference devoted to Drucker’s concept of “management as a liberal art.”
We will bring in distinguished scholars and practitioners as Drucker Centennial Fellows-in Residence; host a forum featuring two decades of past winners of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation; hold a special Japanese art exhibition to underscore how Drucker drew on all the humanities to inform his thinking; and commission an original piece of orchestral music in Drucker’s honor.
