“The computer is a moron.”
Computers
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
GoodAll Quotes by Peter Drucker
“Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.”
Power“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
Good“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.”
Future“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.”
Strength“Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.”
Leadership“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”
Knowledge“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”
Leadership“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.”
Education“Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'”
Computers“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.”
Leadership“Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.”
Business“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
Leadership“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”
Business“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”
Business“A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.”
Knowledge“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”
Communication“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”
Work“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”
Time“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.”
Teacher