Action Quote by W. Edwards Deming

It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below.

— Joseph M. Juran

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

— Buck Rodgers

What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the…

— W. Edwards Deming

“It is a principle that, curiously, many top-level managers in the service often failed to grasp. In a truly efficient organization, the allocation of…

— Christopher David Costanzo

We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager is to…

— Srikumar Rao

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality.

— Deng Xiaoping

Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

— Anonymous

“A manager's most important work is helping the people doing the work. Give them a goal and let them work. Remove any impediments that…

— Ken Schwaber

Management must have a purpose, a dedication and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a vital part…

— Harold Geneen

It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles…

— Dee Hock

“management has no more critical role than to motivate and engage large numbers of people to work together toward a common goal. Defining and…

— Jeffrey K. Liker

“Management must think of itself not as producing products but as providing customer-creating value satisfactions. It must push this idea (and everything it means…

— Harvard Business School Press