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

Quote by Peter Drucker

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

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

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

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

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

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

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...

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......

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.