Christopher Chang German 375g Managing Tomorrow Known today as the “Father of Modern Management”, Peter Drucker was an influential and prodigious writer, management consultant, and later in life, a professor. While much of the documentation of Peter Drucker focuses on his accomplishments in the field of business and consulting, few sources detail what in his life would inspire him to become the Father of modern management. By focusing on Drucker’s early life and inspirations, we can see how the influences in his childhood as well as his experiences as an exile would shape the way that he viewed the world. As the child of a high ranking civil servant father and a strong willed, socially active mother, Peter Drucker and his younger brother, Gerhard Drucker, grew up in a household that was constantly hosting intellectuals from all around Austria ...