Quotes About Management

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

And knowledge management is a means, not an end.

A primary task of management in the developed countries in the decades ahead will be to make knowledge productive.

Nothing chastens a planner more than the knowledge that he will have to carry out the plan.

People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.

We need to manage holistically, embracing all of our science and traditional knowledge - all sources of knowledge. We can do that from the household to government to international relations.

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When I became an entrepreneur, I had the knowledge to develop and manage budgets, market products and review legal contracts.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

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

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

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

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.