Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. |
Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't. |
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. |
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. |
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force. . . |
Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better. |
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake. |
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions |
Never mind your happiness; do your duty. |
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. |
Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future. |
Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future. |
One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource. |
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. |
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. |