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
learning knowledge unique
The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of the MANUAL WORKER in manufacturing. The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is similarly to increase the productivity of KNOWLEDGE WORK and the KNOWLEDGE WORKER.
knowledge learning volunteer
In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts.
learning knowledge years
I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.
knowledge learning two
You can't manage knowledge.Knowledge is between two ears and only between two ears.
work knowledge learning
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
learning knowledge mean
The basic economic resource - the means of production - is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor. It is and will be knowledge.
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.
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.
resource time
Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed.
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.
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.