Drucker Chapter 21 and 22

The reading assignments for this week are Chapter 21 and 22 of ‘The Essential Drucker’ written by Peter F. Drucker. The first chapter entitled ‘The Second Half of Your Life’ summarizes three answers on how to start the second half of our life. One of the responses that is given by the writer is to start a second career. I am interested in this point because in my opinion, walking on a different path is an opportunity to start a new journey while gaining experiences. Back in my country, I know some retired teachers in early fifties start running business as a second half of their life. Teaching people uses a different method compared to trading things with people. School management is also different from handling a business. The early stage of starting something new might take some times, but worth for our living. Therefore, I should be brave enough to build a second career in the future than stick to the same job for the rest of my life.

The next chapter of the reading assignment entitled ‘The Educated Person’. The writer defines the postcapitalist society is both knowledge society and society of organizations. Intellectuals and managers in an organization are said to be opposites, but do need each other. I agree with this point because good management will make sure brilliant ideas suggested by the intellectuals will flow smoothly to do them. There is a great story on June of 1995 that can emphasize the importance of intellectual and management to be at the same time. A health worker in a tiny and far located town in Zambia gets the answer on how to treat malaria. However, there is no poverty-related organizations that involved in the case such as the World Bank to help the knowledge to spread out where millions of people in the world could use it. Therefore, from now on, I will be preparing myself in management to make sure that excellent thoughts are well taken care of. This engineering management course will be a good way to start acquiring the skill.

In addition, the writer also elaborates on making a knowledge to the path of knowledge. Specialists are said to be responsible to make both themselves and specialty understood. Besides, in a knowledge society, knowledges are equally the same because there is no “queen of the knowledges”. The point presented by the writer is agreeable because a person need to know their specialty to make use of it. Doctors save lives with their medical knowledges, architects design impressive buildings with their skills while the teacher educate children with their qualifications. Knowledges are equal because we all need people with different professions or majors to meet the harmonies in our living. I might see engineers are dominant to make sure a great advancement, especially in technologies to our lives, but the participation of musicians and artists give colors to boring souls. To apply this concept in the real world, I will work diligently to fully develop my major so that