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
people tree fruit
The fruit of your work grows on other people's trees
smart decision action
In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives don’t make decisions or take actions. They delegate.
two giving people
There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't.
work knowledge learning
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
wall educational important
The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfied customer.
data marketing action
Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.
people busy
It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.
opportunity innovation tempest
Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.
looks obstacles look-up
Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.
needs building process
Work is a process, and any process needs to be controlled. To make work productive, therefore, requires building the appropriate controls into the process of work.
change wise future
The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.
business views marketing
Marketing is not a function, it is the whole business seen from the customer's point of view.
success stress mean
Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.
yesterday risk definitions
All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.