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
goal demand
To make the future demands courage. It demands work. But it also demands faith.
culture breakfast christianity
Culture eats Christianity for breakfast.
appreciation business opportunity
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
integrity important right-thing
It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
communication important cocktails
The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.
motivational essence survival
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart from the familiar has distinct survival value.
motivational leadership business
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
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.
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.
motivation book writing
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
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.
decision makers situation
The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'
technology opportunity yesterday
Innovation requires us to systematically identify changes that have already occurred in a business - in demographics, in values, in technology or science - and then to look at them as opportunities. It also requires something that is most difficult for existing companies to do: to abandon rather than defend yesterday.