Management Quotes

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Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done — Hyman Rickover
Management philosophy: Pay attention to the vital fiew and ignore the trivial many. I could go insane if I obsessed over every little details of… — John Paul DeJoria
It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be… — David Allen
Many people in management are being paid to produce waste. — W. Edwards Deming
The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. — W. Edwards Deming
Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes. — W. Edwards Deming
Quality begins with the intent, which is fixed by management. — W. Edwards Deming
To successfully respond to the myriad of changes that shake the world, transformation into a new style of management is required. The route to take… — W. Edwards Deming
Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not knowledge. The world… — W. Edwards Deming
The late W. Edwards Deming, guru of Quality management, once declared, 'The most important things we need to manage can't be measured.' If that’s true… — Alfie Kohn
Since the NBA purchased the New Orleans Hornets, final responsibility for significant management decisions lies with the Commissioner's Office in consultation with team chairman Jac… — David Stern
Training is a case of stress management. Stress and rest, stress and rest — Brooks Johnson
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is… — Gerry Cooney
Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative. And it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we are to… — William L. McKnight
I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the… — Anatoly Chubais
I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions. — Richard Ernst
First law of Bad Management: If something isn't working, do more of it. — Tom DeMarco
New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management. — Chris Lytle
You have to get buy-in as a leader, instead of demanding adherence to management. Phil Jackson sought Michael Jordan's support before installing the triangle offense. — Chris Lytle
When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business.… — Jim McDonough
The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't. — Anthea Turner
The smaller the function, the greater the management. — C. Northcote Parkinson
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise… — Laozi
Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky
It's extremely disturbing and unsettling that Sony has taken digital rights management to this level of deceit. — Unknown Author

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