A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or...

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or...

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed...

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed...

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming...

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming...

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...

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

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,...

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

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

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

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It...

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It...

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations......

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations......

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

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...

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

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

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty...

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty...

In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of...

In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of...