The computer is a moron.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

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.

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or...

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or...

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.

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...

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

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

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

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,...

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...