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
- yesterday
- tomorrow
- inspirational
- change
- leadership
- management
- evolve
- intuitive
- managers
- perception
- fragility
- dangerous
- institutions
- effectiveness
- focus
- secret
- deep-understanding
- excellence
- weakness
- risk
- definitions
- agents
- change-agent
- measurement
- measure-for-measure
- cant-change
- top-management
- innovation
- challenges
- people
unexpected perceive
As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all.
organization knowing understanding
Understanding our strengths, articulating our values, knowing where we belong -- these are also essential to addressing one of the great challenges of organizations: improving the abysmally low productivity of knowledge workers.
years next lasts
We've spent the last 30 years focusing on the T in IT, and we'll spend the next 30 years focusing on the I.
class community religion
In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.
writing important happens
Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.
degenerates strategy
All good strategy eventually degenerates into work.
military fighting organization
You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military training, the first rule is to instill soldiers with trust in their officers - because without trust, they won't fight.
skills discipline listening
Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.
growth luck prosperity
Luck never built a business. Prosperity and growth come only to the business that systematically finds and exploits its potential.
country successful government
Salvation by society failed the most where it promised the most, in the communist countries. But it also failed in the West. Practically no government program enacted since the 1950s in the Western world - or in the communist countries - has been successful.
agents change-agent
Business is society's change agent.
ideas people
I'm better about things than about people. I'm more interested in people, but I'm better at ideas.
results company
Results is all that separates one company from another.
decision tests causes
Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity.