Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1909 Death: November 11, 2005
Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?.
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done..
There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well..
Communication always makes demands. It always demands that the recipient become somebody, do something, believe something. It always appeals to motiv….
The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfi….
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it..
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity..
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself..
One does not start with facts. One starts with opinions..
The world economy is not yet a community--not even an economic community...Yet the existence of the "global shopping center" is a fact that cannot be….
Leadership is not rank, privileges, title or money. It is responsibility..
Effective organizations put people in jobs in which they can do the most good. They place people -- and allow people to place themselves -- according….
The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of th….
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all..
The enterprise, by definition, must be capable of producing more or better than all the resources that comprise it..
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility..
I no longer think that learning how to manage people, especially subordinates, is the most important for executives to learn. I am teaching above all….
An institution which is financed by a budget - or which enjoys a monopoly which the customer cannot escape - is rewarded for what it deserves rather ….
What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?.
The only real difference between one organization and another is the performance of its people..
If you want to know what the future is, be part of its development..