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
time yesterday forever
Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time.
leadership organization doe
Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.
marketing selling aim
The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.
responsibility demand want
It does not matter whether the worker wants responsibility or not, The enterprise must demand it of him.
example development irresistible
A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.
educational loyal-customers quality
Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.
looks answers blank
Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.
motivational business loyal-customers
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
leadership wise funny-inspirational
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
organization cost profit
Inside an organization there are only cost centers. The only profit center is a customer whose check has not bounced.
responsibility decision steps
No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility.
country business future
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
smart ambition opportunity
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you’ve got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out.
leader followers definitions
The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.