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
land important today
In todays economy, the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge
skills important obsolete
The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning new skills.Everythi ng else will become obsolete over time.
writing important happens
Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.
important groups way
An institution which is financed by a budget - or which enjoys a monopoly which the customer cannot escape - is rewarded for what it deserves rather than what it earns. It is paid for 'good intentions' and 'programs'. It is paid for not alienating important constituents rather than satisfying any one group. It is misdirected by the way it is being paid into defining performance and results as what will produce the budget rather than as what will produce contribution.
organization important employee
Our most important education system is in the employees' own organization.
important managers
What managers decide to stop doing is often more important than what they decide to do.
accomplishment risk important
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.
rights important-events america
The postwar WWII GI Bill of Rights-and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans-signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.
important needs knowledge-workers
The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is ... to increase the productivity of knowledge work and the knowledge worker
mean decision important
Important decisions are risky. They should be controversial. Acclamation means that nobody has done the homework.
opportunity important use
The most important work of the executive is to identify the changes that have already happened. The important thing . . . is to exploit the changes that have already occurred and to use them as opportunities.
wall educational important
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.
school years important
The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that results exist only on the outside.The result of a business is a satisfied customer. The result of a hospital is a satisfied patient. The result of a school is a student who has learned something and puts it to work ten years later. Inside an enterprise there are only costs.
important right-thing doing-the-right-thing
Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.