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Management Quotes by Warren G. Bennis
- Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being…
- A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of…
- Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part
- Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
- The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
- The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
- Most regular, two-year MBA programs provide both experience and the capacity to link together the essential elements of management such as finance, marketing, organizational behavior,…
- Specialized management courses are useful but should come well after the complexity of management and business are understood.
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- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
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- If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not… — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Nostalgia is a seductive liar. — George Ball
- Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are… — Amelia Barr
- The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of… — Dave Barry
- A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. — Milton Berle
- Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce
- Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. — Ambrose Bierce
- The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. — David Bohm
- Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others… — David Bohm
- Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. — James Agate