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
plans
The best plan is only a plan... unless it degerates into work.
new-ventures financial faster
The healthier a new venture and the faster it grows, the more financial feeding it requires.
innovation trying grandiose
Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.
effectiveness race quality
The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
integrity character faults
By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.
teaching thinking people
I no longer think that learning how to manage people, especially subordinates, is the most important for executives to learn. I am teaching above all else, how to manage oneself.
innovation existence customer-experience
Providing more desirable products, services, and customer experiences is vital to the continued existence of any business. And that is INNOVATION.
successful people answers
To succeed in this new world, we will have to learn, first, who we are. Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, Do you know what you're good at? Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths? Few have even asked themselves these questions.
want time-management needs
If you want to improve how you manage time - stop doing what doesn't need to be done!
effectiveness keys priorities
Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."
top-management innovation challenges
Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence.
information able purpose
The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.
management brilliant
Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.
want ifs
If you want to predict the future create it.