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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mean information action
The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.
responsibility decision steps
No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility.
important right-thing doing-the-right-thing
Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.
country business future
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
business frustration important
Business purpose and business mission are so rarely given adequate thought is perhaps the most important cause of business frustration and failure.
management brilliant
Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.
thinking assumption
Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous.
moving excellence doe
It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.
inspirational change way
The most effective way to manage change is to create it.
uncomfortable ifs paid
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.
marketing selling aim
The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.
motivational essence survival
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart from the familiar has distinct survival value.
men hands whole
One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.
culture breakfast christianity
Culture eats Christianity for breakfast.