"Management by objective works - if you..." - Quote by Peter Drucker
Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
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“Most leaders don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.”
“What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things right. There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”
“The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.”
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“Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.”
“If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer.”
“Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods, or tactics, or strategy. We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society.”