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 F Drucker

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Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of...

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of...

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

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

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...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss...

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...