Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Druckerwas an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management"...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth19 November 1909
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opportunity organization problem
Most organizations staff their problems & starve their opportunities.
successful people answers
To succeed in this new world, we will have to learn, first, who we are. Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, Do you know what you're good at? Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths? Few have even asked themselves these questions.
problem come-up dangerous
The manager who comes up with the right solution to the wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who comes up with the wrong solution to the right problem.
jobs differences life-is
Our job in life is to make a positive difference, not prove we're right.
strength thinking people
Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.
believe three unnecessary
Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.
government hands safety
That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer-even though it is used only when a strike threatens the national health, welfare, or safety-is a grave blemish and explains much of union resistance to the Act.
achievement size competence
Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is.
understanding firsts steps
As with every phenomenon of the objective universe, the first step toward understanding work is to analyze it.
unique marketing function
Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business.
commitment command objectives
Objectives are not commands; they are commitments.
elements problem changed
The critical factor of a problem is the element that has to be changed before anything else can be changed.
opportunity problem solve
Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities.
leadership jobs maturity
The person who will make the greatest contribution to a company is the mature person-and you cannot have maturity if you have no life or interest outside the job.