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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technology years important-events
In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time - literally - substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And society is totally unprepared for it.
leisure easy difficult
Loafing" is easy, but "leisure" is difficult.
leadership wise funny-inspirational
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
knowledge innovation tasks
Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation...
organization friction disorder
The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance.
commitment thinking issues
Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all.
effectiveness focus secret
If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
inspirational leadership wise
Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
art execution strategy
Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.
educational loyal-customers quality
Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.
men people focus
A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.
organization definitions meetings
Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
successful opportunity careers
Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person - hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre - into an outstanding performer.
teaching leader half
We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don't spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop