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
leadership organization doe
Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.
decision makers situation
The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'
economy knows values
Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
numbers spontaneity infinite
Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.
jobs giving people
It is willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the merely adequate.
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.
integrity important right-thing
It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
mba lunch decision
More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.
motivational leadership business
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
motivation book writing
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
communication important cocktails
The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.
appreciation business opportunity
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
children men self
The "non-profit" institution neither supplies goods or services not controls. Its "product" is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is a changed human being. The non-profit institutions are human-change agents. Their "product" is a cured patient, a child that learns, a young man or woman grown into a self-respecting adult; a changed human life altogether.
education men innovation
Since we live in an age of innovation, a practical education must prepare a man for work that does not yet exist and cannot yet be clearly defined.