I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I would hope that American managers-indeed, managers worldwide-continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
In the next economic downturn there will be an outbreak of bitterness and contempt for the supercorporate chieftains who pay themselves millions.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication.... Good editors are… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
There's nothing so useless than executing a task efficiently when it actually never should have been executed at all. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Any time I have seen someone accomplishing something magnificent, they have been a monomaniac with a mission. A single-minded individual with a… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Salvation by society failed the most where it promised the most, in the communist countries. But it also failed in the West.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
It has been said, and only half in jest, that a tough, professionally led union is a great force for improving management… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Most executives have learned that what one postpones, one actually abandons ... timing is a most important element in the success of… — 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
