(CGU: Claremont, CA) -- The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and The Drucker Institute have announced the details of the global commemoration and celebration of the life of the late Peter F. Drucker, eminent author, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the father of modern management.

The Drucker Centennial, which marks Drucker’s 100th birthday, will be crowned by a week of special events at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and in locations throughout Los Angeles starting in November 2009. Event speakers include leading management thinkers Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Warren Bennis, Ken Blanchard, and Charles Handy.

In addition to hosting these locally based activities, the Drucker School and Drucker Institute will take part in a series of Centennial events around the world—from New York City to Seoul, and Vienna to Beijing, and Tokyo to Sao Paulo—all highlighting Drucker’s seminal teachings on effective management, ethical leadership, and social responsibility.

“The timing couldn’t be more urgent,” says Ira A. Jackson, dean of the Drucker School at CGU. “With fallout from the financial crisis continuing and institutions of all sorts being viewed with deep mistrust by the public, Drucker’s insights have never been more essential. Clearly, we need Drucker now more than ever.”

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