Management Quotes

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We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.… — Colin Powell
If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common… — John Quincy Adams
What we call a financial crisis is really at its core a crisis of management, and not just a crisis of management, but a crisis… — Henry Mintzberg
The central problem of management is how spontaneous interaction of people within a firm, each possessing only bits of knowledge, can bring about the competitive… — Friedrich August von Hayek
People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about… — Meg Whitman
While we cannot accurately predict the course of climate change in the coming decades, the risks we run if we don't change our course are… — Steven Chu
Although reducing human emissions to the atmosphere is undoubtedly of critical importance, as are any and all measures to reduce the human environmental "footprint", the… — Unknown Author
I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the… — Oscar Romero
We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many. — Larry Page
You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be… — Rupert Murdoch
Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa. — Charlie Munger
Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the… — Peter Drucker
Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to… — James C. Collins
We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying… — Thomas Szasz
Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free — Bill McKibben
The linear 'Take - Make - Dispose' system, which depletes natural resources and generates waste, is deeply flawed and can be productively replaced by a… — Ellen MacArthur
Resource efficiency - it's about only taking what we need — Hilary Benn
A product which is unceremoniously wasted to landfill at end of life surely can't be considered good design! — Unknown Author
Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents… — Tom DeLay
Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third,… — David Miliband
In the future, every industry should be an environmental industry. In a world where energy and carbon emissions are constrained, every business must take resource… — David Miliband
Cost-effective, attractive to business partners, environmentally friendly, easy access to a wide range of guidance and support - it makes good business sense to implement… — Elliot Morley
Forward thinking companies that adapt positively to the sustainable business agenda will be at the forefront of resource productivity, reducing waste and of environmental reporting.… — Michael Meacher
Everyone must be clear that business as usual is not an option. Most of us live in buildings erected long before we were born and… — Margaret Beckett

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