So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Peter Drucker
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About Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and contributed to the popularization of the concepts known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the champion of management as a serious discipline".
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Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the b…
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
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Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
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My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the b…
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.