Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
In teaching we rely on the “naturals,” the ones who somehow know how to teach. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Leaders shouldn’t attach moral significance to their ideas: do that, and you can’t compromise. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
The individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “i.” and that’s not . — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
