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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work trying right-thing
Do the right things instead of trying to do everything right.
leader trying littles
Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.
boss trying able
Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: "I know what Anne [or John] is trying to do.
innovation trying grandiose
Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.
change country trying
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
future trying
Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present!
people trying weakness
We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.
management ninety objectives percent time works
Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
management ninety objectives percent time works
Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.
leadership management
Management is doing a thing right; leadership is doing the right things.
employees farmers knowledge labor neither nor workers
Knowledge workers are neither farmers nor labor nor business; they are employees of organizations.
apply behavior ethics individual rules
There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code: That of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.
future
The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different.
resource time
Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed.