DRUCKER AND BUBER: THE GERMANIC SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY AS THE MEANING OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CORPORATION

Abstract

Various realities, both political and economic were experienced by Drucker within Weimar Germany. Such realities were a result of those historical developments germane to the emergence of modern Germany. In particular it was “the triumph of industrial capitalism (which) changed the reality of German life” (Stern, 1992, p. 30). This “triumph” was however tempered by the crash of 1873 which led to Germans, prior to 1945, harbouring a “violent resentment against the new industrialism” (Stern, 1974, p. xxvii). In attempting to research those formative influences upon Drucker’s later managerial thought, which denies the relevance of business ethics, cognisance has to be given to this German history. The search for a so-called “third way” in Weimar Germany, and the later triumph of Nazism, were both developments which stemmed from this history.

Citation

Schwartz, M. (2003), "DRUCKER AND BUBER: THE GERMANIC SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY AS THE MEANING OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CORPORATION", Pava, M.L. and Primeaux, P. (Ed.) Spiritual Intelligence at Work: Meaning, Metaphor, and Morals (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1529-2096(03)05002-8