Peter Drucker

===Writings===
Drucker's 39 books have been translated into more than thirty-six languages. Two are novels, and one&nbsp;– ''Adventures of a Bystander'' (1978)&nbsp;– is an [[autobiography]]. He is the co-author of a book on [[Japanese painting]], and made eight series of educational films on management topics. He also penned a regular column in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' for 10 years and contributed frequently to the ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'', ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', and ''[[The Economist]]''.

His work is especially [[Big in Japan (phrase)|popular in Japan]], even more so after the publication of "[[Moshidora|What If the Female Manager of a High-School Baseball Team Read Drucker's ''Management"'']], a novel that features the main character using one of his books to great effect, which was also adapted into an anime and a [[Moshidora (film)|live action film]].<ref>[https://www.economist.com/node/16481583 Drucker in the dug-out], A Japanese book about Peter Drucker and baseball is an unlikely hit, ''The Economist'', July 1, 2010</ref> His popularity in Japan may be compared with that of his contemporary [[W. Edwards Deming]].<ref>''Outcome-Based Religions: Purpose-Driven Apostasy,'' Mac Dominick, "The quest begins by looking into the lives of two men, Edwards Deming and Peter Drucker. Deming (now deceased) and Drucker (in his mid 90s) are enshrined as internationally renowned experts in business management and gurus of business methodology. These two individuals were among the primary players in a select group of Americans (Though Drucker is a U.S. citizen, he is actually Austrian.) who are lauded as part of the almost super-human effort that developed systems-based management philosophies that first gained public recognition in post-World War II Japan. The popular story is told of the Americans who developed a cutting edge business methodology that was rejected by western business but eagerly embraced by the Japanese.", quoted at [http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/TQM.html Total Quality Management (TQM)]</ref>