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
running entrepreneur loner
I'm a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don't even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am.
years two entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship rests on a theory of economy and society. The theory sees change as normal and indeed as healthy. And it sees the major task in society - and especially in the economy - as doing something different rather than doing better what is already being done. That is basically what Say, two hundred years ago, meant when he coined the term entrepreneur. It was intended as a manifesto and as a declaration of dissent: the entrepreneur upsets and disorganizes. As Joseph Schumpeter formulated it, his task is "creative destruction.
entrepreneur decision done
One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.
past entrepreneur shifting
Capital formation is shifting from the entrepreneur who invests in the future to the pension trustee who invests in the past.
people entrepreneur needs
People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.
entrepreneur entrepreneurship knows
Entrepreneurship is “risky” mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
two long entrepreneur
Management and entrepreneurship are only two different dimensions of the same task. An entrepreneur who does not learn how to manage will not last long. A management that does not learn to innovate will not last long.
mean entrepreneurship judgment
[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.
kissing planning entrepreneurship
Planning is actually incompatible with an entrepreneurial society and economy. Planning is the kiss of death of entrepreneurship.
inspirational wise entrepreneur
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
art practice young-entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
work future entrepreneur
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
generally mistakes people risks
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.
basic concentration constantly economic key principle principles today violated
Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.