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
change long upheaval
Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.
change believe impact
Almost everybody today believes that nothing in economic history has ever moved as fast as, or had a greater impact than, the Information Revolution. But the Industrial Revolution moved at least as fast in the same time span, and had probably an equal impact if not a greater one.
technology economy rapid-change
There is every indication that the period ahead will be an innovative one, one of rapid change in technology , society , economy , and institutions .
measurement measure-for-measure cant-change
If you can't measure it, you can't change it.
elements problem changed
The critical factor of a problem is the element that has to be changed before anything else can be changed.
change organization community
Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability, and to prevent, or at least to slow down, change. But the organization of the post-capitalist society of organizations is a destabilizer. Because its function is to put knowledge to work - on tools, processes, and products; on work; on knowledge itself - it must be organized for constant change.
change firm great-change
All great change in business has come from outside the firm, not from inside.
agents change-agent
Business is society's change agent.
innovation making-changes appeals
Making changes to better appeal to customer is INNOVATION.
change mean responsibility
But innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.
inspirational motivational change
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
change manage
One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.
change wise future
The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.
inspirational change way
The most effective way to manage change is to create it.