Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Quote by Peter Drucker

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Future Quotes, Goals Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

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

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

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.

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.

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 of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

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

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...

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,...

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

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...

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...

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...