Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

The computer is a moron.

The computer is a moron.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work...

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.