Top 44 Quotes by Peter Drucker

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

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

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

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

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.

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

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

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.