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
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.
employees farmers knowledge labor neither nor workers
Knowledge workers are neither farmers nor labor nor business; they are employees of organizations.
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.
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.
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.
marketing selling aim
The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.
effectiveness way determined
The worker's effectiveness is determined largely by the way he is being managed.
yesterday evaluation energy
Unless strategy evaluation is performed seriously and systematically, and unless strategists are willing to act on the results, energy will be used up defending yesterday.
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.
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."
management brilliant
Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.
efficiency productivity right-thing
Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.