657 Quotes by Peter Drucker

Decision making is the specific executive task.

Every three or four years I pick a new subject. It may be Japanese art; it may be economics. Three years of study are by no means enough to master a subject but they are enough to understand it. SO for more than 60 years I have kept studying one subject at a time.

Defending yesterday is far more risky than making tomorrow.

It does not matter whether the worker wants responsibility or not, The enterprise must demand it of him.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.

Use feedback analysis to identify your strengths. Then go to work on improving your strengths. Identify and eliminate bad habits that hinder the full development of your strengths. Figure out what you should do and do it. Finally, decide what you should not do.

The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.

Every success creates new opportunities. So does every failure.