The Peter Drucker Challenge -The value of the “Renaissance Manager”

Published by Bojana

Deadline:  24 June 2019
Open to: students or a professionals, 18-35 years old
Award: cash awards and other benefits

Description

Since the late Middle Ages, the notion of the “Renaissance Man” has celebrated those people who are well-rounded, broadly knowledgeable and capable across the arts and the sciences, and able to approach problems holistically. This year marks the five hundredth year since the passing of the world’s most famous Renaissance Man: Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian polymath who simultaneously excelled as scientist, engineer, writer, artist, and musician.

Today, highly educated people tend more toward specialization, but in settings that still encourage cross-disciplinary thinking, people are more likely to …

  • Challenge outdated assumptions and conventions of thought and behavior,
  • Explore and discover new realms of artistic, physical, and intellectual achievement, and
  • Develop different and broader visions of themselves.

 The renowned twentieth-century thinker Peter Drucker offers a modern exemplar of a Renaissance Man in the field of management—itself a multidisciplinary subject. In an age when the work of running organizations was typically approached as an engineering and optimization challenge, he described management as a “liberal art.” Its best practitioners, he insisted, have always drawn on the wisdom, self-knowledge, and enlightened understanding that comes with a liberal education and continually refined their “art” through practice and application.*

Drucker lived long after da Vinci, yet shared some of the Renaissance master’s fundamental traits. Both were unusual in their intellect and talents; each was driven by an insatiable curiosity about the world around him; neither conformed to the mainstream mindset. Like da Vinci, Drucker was born in a period of great social change, when the need for continuity (and reverence of tradition) was challenged by the need for innovation (and radical thinking). Both adopted a whole-systems perspective as they looked for connections and patterns.** For leaders, organizations, governments, and individuals today, both offer inspiring examples of the power of breaking rigid thinking patterns.

Eligibility

General requirements

  • You must be 18-35 years old (inclusive of both ages);
  • You must have been selected no more than once (or not at all) among the top 10 since 2010.

Essay category requirements
You can submit one essay to participate as either a student or a professional

Student category

  • You are a part-time or full-time student (bachelor, master, MBA, or Ph.D.) or you are seeking your first opportunity after the completion of your last degree

Professional category

You are a

  • manager of people, projects, budgets, and/or processes;
  • an entrepreneur or business owner;
  • licensed professional;
  • social volunteer or community leader.

Award

A cash prize of EUR 1,000 (to be given at awards ceremony)

  • ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
    Free participation and waived registration fee (regular fee +/- EUR 2,000) for the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum to be held in Vienna on November 21-22, 2019 at the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) (including conference bag and brochure, buffet lunches, and coffee breaks at the conference venue)
  • Funding of travel expenses: As a winner, your international travel and accommodation costs for attending the Forum will be reimbursed based on our travel process & policy. If you need visa to travel to Austria, we will advise early travel arrangements.
  • Invitation to pre-conference events on November 20: Drucker Challenge Get-Together at Kabarett Simpl (with partner) and Speakers Reception at House of Industry (with partner). Networking events with buffets.
  • Invitation to the Young Generation Luncheon events at Hofburg (hosted by one of our prominent speakers)
  • Invitation to the Gala event on November 21 with seated dinner and awards ceremony (with partner)
  • Opportunity to network with top management thinkers and practitioners during coffee breaks
  • Certificate with ranking
  • Ranking list and publication of essay on this website
  • Invitation to join the exclusive Drucker Challenge Alumni Community on social media networks
  • One-year-all-access subscription to the Harvard Business Review

Second and Third Prize Winners

  1. Free participation and waived registration fee (regular fee +/- € 2,000) for the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum to be held in Vienna on November 21-22, 2019 at the Imperial Palace (Hofburg), including conference bag and brochure, buffet lunches, and coffee breaks at the conference venue
  2. Funding of travel expenses: A s runners-up, international travel and accommodation costs for attending the Forum will be reimbursed based on our travel process & policy. If you need visa to travel to Austria, we will advise early travel arrangements.
  3. Invitation to pre-conference events on November 20: Drucker Challenge Get-Together at Cabaret Simpl (with partner) and Speakers Reception at House of Industry (with partner). Networking events with buffets.
  4. Invitation to the Young Generation Luncheon events at Hofburg (hosted by one of our prominent speakers)
  5. Invitation to the Gala event on November 21 with seated dinner and awards ceremony (with partner)
  6. Opportunity to network with top management thinkers and practitioners during coffee breaks
  7. Certificate with ranking
  8. Ranking list and publication of essay on this website
  9. Invitation to join the exclusive Drucker Challenge Alumni Community on social media networks
  10. One-year-all-access subscription to the Harvard Business Review

Finalists Ranked Places 4 to 10

  • Free participation and waived registration fee (regular fee +/- € 2,000) for the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum to be held in Vienna on November 21-22, 2019 at the Imperial Palace (Hofburg), including conference bag and brochure, buffet lunches, and coffee breaks at the conference venue
  • Funding of travel expenses: Your international travel and accommodation costs for the attending the Forum will be reimbursed based on our travel process & policy. If you need visa to travel to Austria, we will advise early travel arrangements.
  • Invitation to pre-conference events on November 20: Drucker Challenge Get-Together at Cabaret Simpl (with (with partner) and Speakers Reception at House of Industry (with partner). Networking events with buffets.
  • Invitation to the Young Generation Luncheon events at Hofburg (hosted by one of our prominent speakers)
  • Invitation to the Gala event on November 21 with seated dinner and awards ceremony (with partner)
  • Opportunity to network with top management thinkers and practitioners during coffee breaks
  • Certificate with ranking
  • Ranking list and publication of essay on this website
  • One-year-all-access subscription to the Harvard Business Review

Places 11 to 20

If you qualified for the Second Round of judging without being selected as one of the 10 finalists, you will receive free participation and waived registration fee (regular fee +/- € 2,000) for the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum to be held in Vienna on November 21-22, 2019 at the Imperial Palace (Hofburg), including conference bag and brochure, buffet lunches, and coffee breaks at the conference venue

You must make your own arrangements for travel and accommodation in order to attending the Forum. No cash refund.

In any case, you will be eligible for the opportunity to win the Special Recognition Award for the most original essay (reimbursement based on our travel process & policy)

How to apply?

In order to apply, you must fill in the application form.

For more information please visit the official website.