No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

Quote by Peter Drucker

Topics: Peter Drucker Quotes

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as...

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as...

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

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...

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...

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

The computer is a moron.

The computer is a moron.

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...

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.

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.

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,...

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.