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Peter Drucker was born in Vienna in the early 1900?s. Today, Drucker is perhaps the most influential writer in the field of management. He is the author of twenty-nine books, which have been translated into twenty languages (cgu.edu).

In 1925 Drucker assisted Claremont Graduate University in spinning off of the University and establishing The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management. The school is comprised of many well-known Universities throughout the country (cgu.edu/faculty).

Even though Bennis is only a fraction of the age of Drucker, he too is a well-known expert in the field of management. Bennis is the author of twenty-seven books, which have also been translated into twenty languages.

Bennis is currently a Professor at Marshall School. It is with pride, Bennis lists his accomplishments on his personal web-site. Some of the more interesting accomplishments to make note

We will take a look at the theories of Drucker and Bennis, as well as their views on teamwork. Both have different approaches but both have profound insight on both topics.

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Along with Drucker, Bennis believes in a mission, however the difference is that Bennis believes that the mission must be extremely meaningful. The company or organization must make the mission or vision meaningful enough to touch the very core of each individual so they feel as though it will make a difference to the masses (Kurtzman). Once people find meaning in what they do this increases their drive and thus increases productivity. The job of the leader is to make everyone realize just how important the mission is to the outside.

(p.29). Bennis gives several examples of ?Great Groups?, the first being Michelangelo?s masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and quotes William E. Wallace in saying that Michelangelo ?was the head of a good-sized entrepreneurial enterprise that collaboratively made are that bore his (Michelangelo?s) name? (p. 5). However, Bennis uses Disney?s vision and making of the movie ?Snow White? as the prime example of a ?Great Group?. It began with Disney?s vision, followed by a rallying speech to boost morale, a recruitment process that produced the best animators in the business, and a team of people that were totally enthralled with Disney?s vision and achieving the impossible (pp. 37-38). Before it was ready to be released, ?Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs would have required thousands of drawings, eventually running a total of eighty-three minutes and require 250,000 finished drawings, in conjunction with the hundreds of efforts of nonanimators (p. 36). Disney was immediately criticized with remarks like, ?Who?d pay to see a drawing of a fairy princess when they can watch Joan Crawford?s boobs for the same price?? (p. 38), just as he had been in 1932 with his first creation of Mickey Mouse in ?Steamboat Willie?, Disney was extremely successful in his production of ?Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?. The movie, which premiered on December 21, 1937, became the biggest film of 1938, and brought in a total of $8 million (p. 46). It held the box-office record until ?Gone With the Wind? in 1939 and 1940 (p. 46). Disney showed how magnificent a project could become when it is the product of a ?Great Group?.

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