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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education sole states
Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.
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In business school classrooms they construct wonderful models of a non- world.
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The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
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The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfied customer.
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Since we live in an age of innovation, a practical education must prepare a man for work that does not yet exist and cannot yet be clearly defined.
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Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.
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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.
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The growth for education and training will be in continuing adult education. Online delivery is the trigger for this growth, but the demand for lifetime education stems from profound changes in society. We live in an economy where knowledge, not buildings and machinery, is the chief resource and where knowledge-workers make up the biggest part of the work force.
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People who don't take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year.
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Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.
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Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
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Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.