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
work knowledge learning
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
organization force built
Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust.
inspirational life motivational
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
teacher retirement teaching
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.
wise business work
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
funny hilarious education
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
strength wise information-knowledge
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
work technology intellectual
The computer is a moron.
expectations clerks needs
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
culture breakfast strategy
Culture eats strategy for breakfast,
organization symptoms committees
Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.
skills discipline listening
Listening is not a skill; it is a discipline.
ideas leader moral
Leaders shouldn?t attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can?t compromise.
tools logic materials
Production is not the application of tools to materials, but logic to work.