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
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inspirational success confidence
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
inspirational leadership basketball
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
commonly exactly great knew strength
His great strength was not his charisma, as many commonly thought, but that he knew exactly what he could do and what he could not do.
employees farmers knowledge labor neither nor workers
Knowledge workers are neither farmers nor labor nor business; they are employees of organizations.
generally mistakes people risks
People who don't take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year.
effectiveness confusion done
What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things right. There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
time unique yesterday
One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. 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. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.
uncomfortable ifs paid
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.
integrity important right-thing
It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
mba lunch decision
More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.
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.
marketing selling aim
The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.
time manage time-management
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.
effectiveness way determined
The worker's effectiveness is determined largely by the way he is being managed.