Management Quotes

1370 Management quotes by 884 unique authors

Possibly the biggest issue, however, is that performance appraisals focus managers attention on precisely the wrong thing: individual people. As W. Edwards Deming, the father… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
Management must provide employees with tools that will enable them to do their jobs better, and with encouragement to use these tools. In particular, they… — George E. P. Box
Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing problems that… — Russell L. Ackoff
Most corporate mission statements are worthless. They consist largely of pious platitudes such as: "We will hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism and… — Russell L. Ackoff
It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the… — Henry Mintzberg
It is the responsibility of those of us involved in today's biomedical research enterprise to translate the remarkable scientific innovations we are witnessing into health… — Elias Zerhouni
Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with… — Peter Drucker
Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant-and perhaps even the only-source of competitive advantage. — Peter Drucker
Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding. — Moses Finley
When you think about it, caring for patients is 99 percent information and 1 percent intervention, so it's clear that with or without genomics, the… — Unknown Author
If you think you can just go out and ask all the doctors in the world about what the did to all the patients and… — James Heywood
Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle. — Unknown Author
Conduct your triumph as a funeral. — Laozi
Neckties strangle clear thinking. — Lin Yutang
Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise. — Jay Samit
I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. — John Lennon
Change has its enemies. — Robert Kennedy
Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. — Shunryu Suzuki
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. — Eleanor Clift
Be candid with everyone. — Jack Welch
My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom. — Tim Robbins
A low budget is uncomfortable. — Lukas Haas
A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. — Dale Dauten
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. — Warren G. Bennis

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