"Checking the results of a decision against..." - Quote by Peter Drucker
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
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“Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you.”
“An organization which just perpetuates today's level of vision, excellence, and accomplishment has lost the capacity to adapt.”
“The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.”
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“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”
“if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.”
“A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.”