A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I think the growth industry of the future in this country and the world will soon be the continuing education of adults.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The enterprise, by definition, must be capable of producing more or better than all the resources that comprise it. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Business enterprise is an organ of society. There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker” — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?" — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
