VOA慢速英语:Olympus’ Troubles Echo Peter Drucker’s Management Concerns

In business, leadership is never yesterday’s issue. This week, the Japanese electronics company Olympus made a public apology. It said company officials hid over one billion dollars in losses going back to the nineteen nineties. The company’s stock has lost half its value since October. Olympus says it is investigating and considering legal action against some of its current and former officials.
在商业中，领导才能从不会是过时的话题。这个星期，日本电子公司奥林巴斯做出了公开道歉。该公司表示，公司管理层隐瞒了超过10亿美元的亏损可以追溯到十九世纪九十年代。该公司股价从今年10月份以来已经跌去一半。奥林巴斯称正在进行调查，并考虑对一些现任和前任公司管理人员采取法律行动。

Reports say the problems at Olympus seem to come from thinking more about declaring profits in the short-term instead of building real value.
有报道称，奥林巴斯的问题似乎来自过于看重短期利润，而不是建立真正的价值。

This was one of the issues considered by management expert Peter Drucker over his long career. Peter Drucker died in two thousand five.  But many of his ideas remain very meaningful today.
这是管理专家Peter Drucker在他漫长的职业生涯中思考的问题之一。Peter Drucker于2005年逝世，但他的许多观点在今天仍然非常有意义。

Drucker liked to share his knowledge not by answering questions but by asking them. He once said business people must not ask "what do we want to sell?" but "what do people want to buy?"
Drucker喜欢通过提问而不是回答来分享他的知识。他曾经说过，商人不应该问“我们想卖什么？”而是问“人们想买什么？”

He taught at the Claremont Graduate School of Management in California for over thirty years. He advised companies on business methods. And he wrote thirty-nine books on business and economic ideas.
他在加州克莱蒙特大学研究生管理学院任教30多年。他味许多公司在商业上提供建议，并撰写有39本关于商业和经济的书籍。

Peter Drucker was born in Austria in nineteen-oh-nine. In the late nineteen twenties, he worked as a reporter in Frankfurt, Germany. He also studied international law.
Peter Drucker 1909年出生于奥地利。1920年后期，他曾在德国法兰克福做一名记者。他还学习了国际法。

He fled Germany as Adolf Hitler came to power in nineteen thirty-three. Drucker spent four years in Britain as an adviser to investment banks. He then came to the United States.
1933年希特勒上台时，他逃离了德国。Drucker作为投资银行顾问在英国呆了4年，随后他来到了美国。

In the nineteen forties, Drucker argued the desire for profit was central to business efforts. He also warned that rising wages were harming American business.
在20世纪40年代，Drucker主张商业运作的核心目标时对盈利的渴望。他还警告说，工资的上涨正损害美国商业。

He was later invited to study General Motors. He wrote about his experiences in the book "The Concept of the Corporation." In it, he said that workers at all levels should take part in decision-making, not just top managers.
后来，他还应邀研究通用汽车公司，并将他的经历写进了《公司概念》一书。在书中他说，各级别工人都应该参与企业决策，而不只是高层。

Peter Drucker was a voice for change and new ways of thinking about social and business relations. He used terms like "knowledge workers" and "management goals." Many of his ideas have become highly valued in business training and politics.
Peter Drucker代表着变革和用新方式思考社会和企业关系的声音。他使用像“知识工人”和“管理目标”这样的术语。他的许多观点在商业培训和政治上变得极具价值。

Later in his career, however, he warned that businesses that seek only profit growth help their competitors.
然而，在他后来的职业生涯中，他警告说，只追求利润增长的企业会反而有助于竞争对手。

Peter Drucker received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W Bush in two thousand two. He died at his home in Claremont at the age of ninety-five.
Peter Drucker在2002年获得小布什总统颁发的总统自由勋章。他在克莱蒙特的家中去世，享年95岁。