Peter Drucker
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“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” -Peter Drucker
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“Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.” -Peter Drucker
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“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.” -Peter Drucker
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“The new information technology… Internet and e-mail… have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.” -Peter Drucker
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“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the ‘naturals,’ the ones who somehow know how to teach.” -Peter Drucker
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“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.” -Peter Drucker
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“Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.” -Peter Drucker
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“Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.” -Peter Drucker
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“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” -Peter Drucker
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“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.” -Peter Drucker
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“Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.” -Peter Drucker
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“Never mind your happiness do your duty.” -Peter Drucker
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“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” -Peter Drucker
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“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.” -Peter Drucker
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“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” -Peter Drucker
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“Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’” -Peter Drucker
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“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” -Peter Drucker
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“Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got.” -Peter Drucker
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“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.” -Peter Drucker
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“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker
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