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
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.
call consists difficult management people work
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work
enormous management managers number retired
There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.
growth management busy
When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities.
jobs responsibility top-management
Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
top-management people benefits
what's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There is no excuse for it. No justification. This is morally and socially unforgivable, and we will pay a heavy price for it.
management evolve
Organizationally what is required - and evolving - is systems management.
management institutions
Without institution there is no management. But without management there is no institution.
long management authority
Management has authority only as long as it performs.
top-management innovation challenges
Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence.
want time-management needs
If you want to improve how you manage time - stop doing what doesn't need to be done!
keys management economic
Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant-and perhaps even the only-source of competitive advantage.