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
money business insperational
Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
jobs responsibility top-management
Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
organization purpose ordinary
The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
senior business mistake
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
expectations effort decision
Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback.
our-society employee
Our society has become an employee society.
writing important happens
Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.
class community religion
In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.
two europe christianity
With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.
organization knowing understanding
Understanding our strengths, articulating our values, knowing where we belong -- these are also essential to addressing one of the great challenges of organizations: improving the abysmally low productivity of knowledge workers.
unexpected perceive
As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all.
cynical benefits matter
Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.
eye matter tasks
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant
spiritual men purpose
The individual needs the return to spiritual values, for he can survive in the present human situation only by reaffirming that man is not just a biological and psychological being but also a spiritual being, that is creature, and existing for the purposes of his Creator and subject to Him.