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
teamwork done efficiency
Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.
success attention persons
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
success business two
Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.
leadership sight personality
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
complexity manageable
There is a point of complexity beyond which a business is no longer manageable.
envy evil hatred
Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.
distance classroom campus
Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast.
situation colleagues executives
An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.
smart decision action
In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives don’t make decisions or take actions. They delegate.
knowledge learning two
You can't manage knowledge.Knowledge is between two ears and only between two ears.
decision good-intentions intention
Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.
cancer growth add
Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.
innovation marketing cost
Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.
hard-times elephants cockroaches
Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.