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
ideas action placement
Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.
degenerates action ifs
Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.
reflection action quiet
Follow effective action with quiet reflection.
positive-thinking miracle action
You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.
smart decision action
In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives don’t make decisions or take actions. They delegate.
data marketing action
Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.
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.
apply behavior ethics individual rules
There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code: That of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.
future
The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different.
business moralist
First and last, Drucker is a moralist of our business civilization.
beyond building higher leadership lifting magnetic normal people performance raising vision
Leadership is not magnetic personality/that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people /that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
management ninety objectives percent time works
Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
management ninety objectives percent time works
Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.
leadership management
Management is doing a thing right; leadership is doing the right things.