Synthesized answer
The provided passages discuss "The Age of Discontinuity" as a blueprint for shaping the future [1]. Peter Drucker identifies four major areas of discontinuity that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society: the explosion of new technologies, the change from an international to a world economy, a new sociopolitical reality of pluralistic institutions, and the new universe of knowledge based on mass education [2].
The passages mention "implications in work, leisure, and leadership" in relation to the new universe of knowledge [2]. However, the specific practical implications of these discontinuities are not detailed in the provided text.
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of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shaping a future already very much with us. Categories: Social Science Pages: 435 Snippet: Peter Drucker brings to this work an intimate knowledge and objective view of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shaping a future already very much with us.
Title: The Age of Discontinuity by Peter F. Drucker Description: The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered. In this volume Peter Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society. Drucker discerns four major areas of discontinuity underlying contemporary social and cultural reality. These are: (1) the explosion of new…