Peter Drucker

Far too much reorganization goes on all the time. Organizitis is like a spastic colon.

Peter Drucker

Fascism is the result of the collapse of Europe’s spiritual and social order catastrophes broke through the everyday routine which makes men accept existing forms, institutions and tenets as unalterable natural laws. They suddenly exposed the vacuum behind the facade of society.

Peter Drucker

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

Follow these five decision steps when hiring someone: Understand the job, consider three to five people, study candidates performance records to find their strengths, talk to the candidates’ colleagues about them, and once hired, explain the assignment to the new employee.

Peter Drucker

For every organization needs performance in three major areas: It needs direct results; building of values and their reaffirmation; and building and developing people for tomorrow.

Peter Drucker

For new technology to replace old, it has to have at least ten times the benefit.

Peter Drucker

For the first four years, no new enterprise produces profits. Even Mozart didn’t start writing music until he was four.

Peter Drucker

Free enterprise cannot be justified as being good for business. It can be justified only as being good for society.

Peter Drucker

Good executives focus on opportunities rather than problems. Problems have to be taken care of, of course; they must not be swept under the rug. But problem solving, however necessary, does not produce results. It prevents damage. Exploiting opportunities produces results.

Peter Drucker

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

Peter Drucker