Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Druckerwas an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management"...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth19 November 1909
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concern dragged himself morale peasants pyramids stone unskilled
The overseer of the unskilled peasants who dragged stone for the pyramids did not concern himself with morale or motivation,
costs customers gives hard pay product quality
A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.
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The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
employees farmers knowledge labor neither nor workers
Knowledge workers are neither farmers nor labor nor business; they are employees of organizations.
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There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.
american-businessman business create purpose
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
business create generate innovation marketing produce purpose
Because its purpose is to create a customer, your business has two purposes and two purposes only: Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation make you money, generate sales, produce profit. Everything else is an expense...
commonly exactly great knew strength
His great strength was not his charisma, as many commonly thought, but that he knew exactly what he could do and what he could not do.
innovation overcome resistance
How can we overcome the resistance to innovation that plagues most organizations?
believe cash-flow what-matters
Entrepreneurs believe that profit is what matters most in a new enterprise. But profit is secondary. Cash flow matters most.
innovation three able
There are companies that are good at improving what they're already doing. There are companies that are good at extending what they're doing. And finally there are companies that are good at innovation. Every large company has to be able to do all three - improve, extend, and innovate - simultaneously.
running entrepreneur loner
I'm a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don't even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am.
moving believe mountain
They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.
mother compassion world
Mother Teresa's numerical results were not her greatest contribution. Instead, she made the world-and especially India-conscious of compassion.