One of Shropshire's top businessmen is set to give a talk at Oswestry Library.
Professor Peter Starbuck, a former government adviser and now an academic and author, will deliver a presentation titled 'The Nature of Management.'
The talk will explore management's role within the human and natural world, tracing its development through history.
It is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, from 2pm to 3pm, and is free to attend.
Dr Starbuck, an entrepreneur, logistician, and management consultant, is a recognised world expert on Peter F Drucker, the Austrian-born "father of modern management."
He has written six books and more than 90 academic papers on Mr Drucker and is an honorary member of the Drucker Society – Europe.
Dr Starbuck has also written three other non-fiction works, including a book on business in collaboration with his late friend, TV star Jeremy Beadle.
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Dr Starbuck said: "Management is not only my specialism but my passion.
"My talk will explore humankind’s development of management from the earliest civilisations to the present day and will illustrate how management’s key principles can be observed at work amongst the plants, insects and animals.
"I believe the subject matter has general appeal rather than only for those interested in management."
The themes of the talk are further explored in Dr Starbuck's book, "How Nature Managed First," which serves as a guide to the major works of leading management thinkers and the parallel behaviours of the animal and plant kingdoms.
Dr Starbuck's success in the construction industry led to him being appointed as an adviser to 10 Downing Street on affordable housing.
As a strategic director for the City institutions, he worked with the financial regulator, stockbrokers, merchant banks, investment companies, and the financial press.
His entrepreneurial endeavours continue as a contributor to non-profit organisations and a prolific writer on management concepts.
In April 2022, at the age of 86, Dr Starbuck received an honorary degree from the University of Chester, joining the ranks of previous recipients such as His Majesty the King when Prince of Wales, Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE, and former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion.
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