Peter Drucker: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 2)

“"Loafing" is easy, but "leisure" is difficult.”

“As for the explanation that fascism is a last desperate attempt of capitalism to delay the socialist revolution, it simply is not true. It is not true that ‘big business’ promoted fascism. On the contrary, both in Italy and in Germany the proportion of fascist sympathizers and backers was smallest in the industrial and financial classes. It is equally untrue that ‘big business’ profits from fascism; of all the classes it probably suffers most from totalitarian economics and Wehrwirtschaft.”

“Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations; most computer users have found that they now need more, and more expensive clerks, even though they call them "operators" or "programmers.”

“The days of the 'intuitive' manager are numbered.”

“There is a point of complexity beyond which a business is no longer manageable.”

“Organizationally what is required - and evolving - is systems management.”

“Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.”

“Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making of effective decisions.”

“One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.”

“The worker's effectiveness is determined largely by the way he is being managed.”

“Financial "synergy" is a will-o'-the-wisp. It looks good on paper, but it fails to work out in practice.”

“The best way to predict your future is to create it”

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”

“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.”

“What's measured improves”

“Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation.”

“Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.”

“This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship - the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”