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.'

Quote by Peter Drucker

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

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

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

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

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

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

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.

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

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

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

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