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
inspirational life motivational
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
leadership sight personality
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
expectations clerks needs
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
work technology intellectual
The computer is a moron.
inspirational motivational change
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
inspirational commitment keeping-promises
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
strength wise information-knowledge
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
strong business executives
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.
loyalty educational selling-products
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
inspirational teach subjects
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
leadership wise responsibility
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
leadership personality empowering-others
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
years may up-to-you
It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.
time manage time-management
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.