Peter Ferdinand Drucker

Peter F. Drucker Biography

“The Founding Father of the Study of Management”
Author and Business Management Theorist

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Ferdinand Drucker Biography : Business author - Business Strategist
Famous for : Business management theories and business philosophy
Drucker details : Born - Vienna, November, 19, 1909; Lives - USA

Peter Ferdinand Drucker -- Writer, Management consultant and University professor- was born in Vienna, Austria in November 1909. After receiving his doctorate in Public and International Law from Frankfurt University in Frankfurt, Germany, he worked as an economist and journalist in London before moving to the United States in 1937.

Peter Drucker published his first book, “The End of Economic Man”, in 1939. He then joined the faculty of New York University's Graduate Business School as Professor of Management in 1950. Since 1971, he has been Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. The university named its management school after him in 1987.

Peter Drucker also served as a regular columnist for The Wall Street Journal from 1975 to 1995 and has contributed essays and articles to numerous publications, including the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Economist. Throughout his career, he has consulted with dozens of organizations - ranging from the world's largest corporations to entrepreneurial startups and various government and nonprofit agencies.

Experts in the worlds of business and academia regard Peter Drucker as the founding father of the study of management.

For his accomplishments, Peter Drucker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on July 9, 2002. A documentary series about his life and work appeared on CNBC 10 times from December 24, 2002 through January 3, 2003.

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Peter F. Drucker Quotations

"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer." - Peter Drucker

"Borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes." - Peter Drucker

"Business, that’s easily defined - it’s other people’s money." - Peter Drucker

"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got." - Peter Drucker

"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes." - Peter Drucker

"Efficiency is doing better what is already being done." - Peter Drucker

"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker

"Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm." - 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 effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." - Peter Drucker

"Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth." - Peter Drucker

"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes." - Peter Drucker

"Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t." - Peter Drucker

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker

"Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank." - Peter Drucker

"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done." - Peter Drucker

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• SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
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• IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
• Dell - Easy as DELL.
• Intel - Intel inside.
• LEE - The jeans that built America
• Master card - There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else there’s MASTERCARD.
• Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
• Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
• Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
• Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
• Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
• CNBC - Profit from it
• AT&T - The World’s Networking Company
• Monster.com - Never Settle
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"YOU CAN WIN"

SHIV KHERA'S "YOU CAN WIN"......

Chapter 1 - Importance of building a positive attitude

• change focus, look for the positive
• make a habit of doing it now
• develop an attitude of gratitude
• build a positive self esteem
• stay away from negative influence
• learn to like the things that needs to be done
• start your day with a positive

Optimist

1. Be so strong that nothing can distueb your peace of mind
2. Talk health, happiness and prosperity to everyone you meet
3. Make all your friends feel there is something in them
4. Look at the sunny side of everything
5. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best
6. Be as enthysiastic about the success of others as you are about your own
7. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
8. Give everyone a smile
9. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others
10. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

The 5 Cs

• character
• commitment
• conviction
• courtesy
• courage

Chapter 2 - Success ; Winning strategies

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal

Qualities that makes a person successful

1. Desire
2. Commitment
3. Responsibility
4. Hard work
5. Character
6. Positive Believing
7. Give more than you get
8. The power of persistence
9. pride of performance
10. Be willing to be a Student - Get a mentor

Reasons for failure - Why we don’t achieve excellence

1. Unwillingness to take risks
2. Lack of persistence
3. Instant gratification
4. Lack of priorities
5. Looking for shortcuts
6. Selfishness and greed
7. Lack of conviction
8. Lack of understanding of nature’s law
9. Unwillingness to Plan and Prepare
10. Rationalizing
11. Not learning from past mistakes
12. Inability to recognize opportunity
13. Fear
14. Inablility to Use Talent
15. Lack of Discipline
16. Poor self esteem
17. Lack of knowledge
18. Fatalistic attitude
19. Lack of purpose
20. Lack of courage

Crash course for success

• Play to win and not to lose
• Learn from other people’s mistakes
• Associate with people of high moral character
• Give more than you get
• Don’t look for something for nothing
• Always think long term
• Evaluate your strengths and build on them.
• Always keep the larger picture in mind when making a decision
• Never compromise your integrity

Chapter 3 : Motivation ; Motivating yourself and others everyday

1. Develop a sense of pride through training
2. Reward performance
3. Set well-defined, clear goals.
4. Set high expectations
5. Set clear, measurable benchmarks
6. Evaluate the needs of others
7. Make others part of your big picture. Set a good example by being a positive role model. Build the self-esteem of others.

Chapter 4 : Self-Esteem - Building a positive self-esteem and image

1. Read life stories of people who have turned negatives into positives. Make reading good books or listening to inspirational audio tapes part of your daily routine.
2. Regularly and systematically commit a portion of your time and/or money to charitable activity without any expectations in cash or kind.
3. Stay away from negative influence. Don’t give into peer pressure
4. Practice giving and receiving sincere compliments graciously.
5. Start accepting responsibility for your behaviour and actions
6. Practise self-discipline even when it is not comfortable.
7. Associate with people of high moral character
8. Be creative and find ways to turn your weaknesses into strengths
9. Practice patience; persevere if the results are not visible.

Chapter 5: Interpersonal Skills; Building a pleasant personality

Steps to building a positive personality

1. Accept responsibility
2. Consideration
3. Think win-win
4. Choose your words carefully
5. Don’t criticize and complain
6. Smile and be kind
7. Put positive interpretation on other people’s behavior
8. Be a good listener
9. Be enthusiastic
10. Give honest and sincere appreciation
11. When we make a mistake, we should accept it immediately and willingly
12. When the other person realizes and admits that he has made a mistake, congratulate him and give him a way out to save face
13. Discuss but don’t argue
14. Don’t gossip
15. Turn your promises into commitments
16. Be grateful but do not expect gratitude
17. Be dependable and practise loyalty
18. Avoid bearing grudges. Forgive and forget
19. Practice honesty, integrity and sincerity
20. Practice Humility
21. Be understanding and caring
22. Practice Courtesy on a daily basis
23. Develop a sense of humor
24. Don’t be sarcastic and put others down
25. To have a friend, be a friend
26. Show empathy

Chapter 6 : Subconscious Mind And Habit; Building a pleasant personality

21 days of conscious effort to change for the better

Chapter 7: Goal Setting; Setting and Achieving your goals

1. Make definite goals
2. Write them down
3. Read your goals twice a day, morning and night
4. Make goals sloghtly out of reach but not out of sight
5. Check your progress periodically

Chapter 8 : Values and Vision; Doing the right thing for the right reason

7 deadly sins

1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. knowledge without character
4. commerce wthout morality
5. science without humanity
6. religion without sacrifice
7. politics without principle

What money will not buy

1. Amusement but not happiness
2. A bed but not sleep
3. Books but not wisdom
4. A clock but not time
5. Companions but not friends
6. Finery but not beauty
7. Food but not appetite
8. House but not home
9. Medicine but not health
10. Ring but not marriage

Commitment implies

1. Dependability
2. Reliability
3. Predictability
4. Consistency
5. Caring
6. Empathy
7. A sense of duty
8. Sincerity
9. Character
10. Integrity
11. Loyalty