All Peter Drucker Quotes
- Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. Boss
- The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. Business
- The purpose of a business is to create a customer. Business
- Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. Access
- The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different. Change
- The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. Business
- Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer. Accept
- Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. Decision
- Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. Business
- Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got. Change
- Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Action
- Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed. Business
- When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. Becomes
- 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… Checking
- The computer is a moron. Computer
- Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though… Call
- We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do… Born
- 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,… Brand
- The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out… Activities
- Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. Appreciation