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
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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.
man mistakes
The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try.
mistake safe phony
The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial.
senior business mistake
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
jobs mistake organization
An organization belongs on a sick list when promotion becomes more important to its people than accomplishment of their job they are in. It is sick when it is more concerned with avoiding mistakes than with taking risks, with counteracting the weaknesses of its members than with building on their strength. But it is sick also when "good human relations" become more important than performance and achievement.
mistake decision answers
The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.
mistake care good-intentions
Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.
business mistake wrong-answers
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
inspirational leadership mistake
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
mistake failure men
The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try.
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.