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
weakness persons performances
A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
society our-society individual
The individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.
efficiency productivity right-thing
Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.
innovation age doe
The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast.
innovation vision done
Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.
top-management people benefits
what's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There is no excuse for it. No justification. This is morally and socially unforgivable, and we will pay a heavy price for it.
priorities picks
It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.
transformation
There is a point at which a transformation has to take place.
management institutions
Without institution there is no management. But without management there is no institution.
intuitive managers
The days of the 'intuitive' manager are numbered.
management evolve
Organizationally what is required - and evolving - is systems management.
reform paid customers
Businesses are not paid to reform customers. They are paid to satisfy customers.
manage
You can't manage what you don't measure.
information becoming different
Knowledge is information that changes something or somebody - either by becoming grounds for actions, or by making an individual (or an institution) capable of different or more effective action.