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 encouraging wise
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
work enough
To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life.
inspiring business creativity
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old
social function enterprise
The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.
strategy structure missions
Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure.
change teacher educational
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
two innovation marketing
Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business has two and only two functions: Marketing and Innovation. Marketing and Innovation produce results. All the rest are costs.
The bеѕt wау tо predict уоur future іѕ tо create it.
time unique yesterday
One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.
inspirational wise peace
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
excellence enemy adequacy
Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.
knowing people life-is
The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.
life wise funny-inspirational
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
communication information hiding
Knowledge is power. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not hiding it.