We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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 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 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.

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 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.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming...

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

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...

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

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

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 best way to predict the future is to create it.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.