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
order today tomorrow
The relevant question is not simply what shall we do tomorrow, but rather what shall we do today in order to get ready for tomorrow.
successful people answers
To succeed in this new world, we will have to learn, first, who we are. Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, Do you know what you're good at? Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths? Few have even asked themselves these questions.
degenerates action ifs
Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.
accomplishment risk important
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.
innovation marketing cost
Marketing and innovation make money. Everything else is a cost.
responsibility privilege titles
Leadership is not rank, privileges, title or money. It is responsibility.
rain people heaven
When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.
years assumption theory
The most probable assumption is that no currently working 'business theory' will be valid 10 years hence.
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.
want time-management needs
If you want to improve how you manage time - stop doing what doesn't need to be done!
effectiveness keys priorities
Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."
top-management innovation challenges
Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence.
information able purpose
The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.
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.