The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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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 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...

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

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

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,...

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.