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
degenerates action ifs
Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.
opportunity failing ifs
If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.
power-relationships ifs
Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.
want development ifs
If you want to know what the future is, be part of its development.
want ifs
If you want to predict the future create it.
goal ifs five
If you have more than five goals, you have none.
uncomfortable ifs paid
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.
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.