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                       Placement of people, 116         Reich, Charles, 75
                       Plant community, 133             Reinventing government,
                       Polio campaign, 226                  165–171
                       Pomona Council of Churches,        amputation without
                           225                              diagnosis, 170
                       Poor performer, 116                benchmarking, 169
                       Population trends, 75–77           cost reduction, 167
                       Porter, Michael, 235               downsizing, 169–170
                       Post-Capitalist Society            habit of continuous improve-
                           (Drucker), 133                   ment, 168–169
                       Practice of Management, The        performance, 167–168
                           (Drucker), 17, 235, 238        starting out, 170
                       Practice-reinforcement-          Repositioning oneself, 165
                           feedback, 61                 Research management,
                       Prescription drugs, 85               105–110
                       Presidential election (1992), 169  Retirement, 200
                       Priorities, 135–142. See also    Retraining, 149–150
                           New priorities               Rhythm, 210
                       Privatization, 137               Road to Serfdom, The (Hayek),
                       Production sharing, 78–79            137
                       Productivity, 25–26, 69–70,      Rolls-Royce, 242
                           110                          Roosevelt, Franklin, 225
                       Productivity gains, 140
                       Productivity of knowledge        Salespeople, 115
                           worker, 187–188              Salvation Army, 221, 233
                       Professional employee            School, 205–211
                           manager, 232                   class size, 211
                       Profit, 50                          cost, 210
                       Protectionism, 216                 habit of continuous learning,
                       Pyramids, 163                        206
                                                          learn how to learn, 206, 207
                       Quality control, 217               learning, 209, 210, 211
                                                          managing oneself, 208
                       Race problem, 249                  self-confidence, 205
                       Railroad, 22, 25                   teaching, 209, 210
                       Rationalism, 34                    technology, 210
                       Reader, 201                      School of hard knocks, 128
                       Recession (1981-82), 102         School of the future conference
                       Rediscovering America, 139         from teaching to learning,
                       Redundancy, 120                      205–211
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