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
Peter Drucker quotes about
growth management busy
When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities.
organization
The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won't survive.
children successful new-ventures
The more successful the unit, the more difficult it is to make sure that the large company doesn't put the same expectations on it as it does for the rest of the company. When it's a new venture, whether it's outside or inside the business, it's a child. And you don't put a 40-pound pack on a 6-year-old's back when you take her hiking.
giving
Education gives you neither experience nor wisdom.
teaching skills forgotten
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.
successful differences leader
Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'
character tree should
Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates
differences making-a-difference
Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?
You cannot predict the future, but you can create it.
realist should cynic
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.
One either meets or one works.
creating revolution needs
The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.
ideas action placement
Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.
motivational simple will-and-determination
What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.