Quotes About Management

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

If you can't handle providing all the courses for your dinner party, you can't handle the hosting duties of a dinner party.

If my fellow Americans could adopt even a fraction of the French attitude about food and life (don't worry, you don't have to sign on to the politics, too), managing weight would cease to be a terror, an obsession, and reveal its true nature as part of the art of living.

Anger is like fire. You can make a great steak with hot fire, but if you can't adjust the flame, you'll burn it up. Success is about learning how to adjust the flame.

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power is easier to obtain and harder to use or even to keep.

enumeró las características fundamentales de las organizaciones burocráticas: puestos de trabajo específicos, con derechos, obligaciones, responsabilidades y límites a su autoridad, detallados y bien conocidos, así como un sistema claro de supervisión, subordinación y unidad de mando. Estas

The decoupling of power from size, and thus the decoupling of the capacity to use power effectively from the control of a large Weberian bureaucracy, is changing the world. And this decoupling invites a disquieting thought: if the future of power lies in disruption and interference, not management and consolidation, can we expect ever to know stability again?

La desvinculación del poder y el tamaño, y por tanto la desvinculación de la capacidad de usar el poder con eficacia y el control de una gran burocracia weberiana, está transformando al mundo. Y esa separación suscita una idea preocupante: si el futuro del poder está en la perturbación y la interferencia y no en la gestión ni la consolidación, ¿podemos confiar en que alguna vez vuelva a haber estabilidad?

opinaba Weber, la clave para ejercer el poder en la sociedad moderna era la organización burocrática.

sin una organización fiable y competente, o —por usar sus términos— sin una burocracia, era imposible ejercer verdaderamente el poder.

cuando las personas son más numerosas y viven vidas más plenas, se vuelven más difíciles de regular, dominar y controlar.

The gap between our real power and what people expect from us is the source of the most difficult pressure any head of state has to manage.

La brecha entre nuestro verdadero poder y lo que la gente espera de nosotros es lo que genera las presiones más difíciles que debe soportar cualquier jefe de Estado».

Nadie sabrá dónde reside la autoridad porque no residirá en ninguna parte; y sin autoridad, no puede haber gobernanza de ningún tipo.»

if the future of power lies in disruption and interference, not management and consolidation, can we expect ever to know stability again?

Un líder verdadero no consulta, ordena.

debts now-a-days are like children, begot with pleasure, but brought forth with pain.

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

Africa is not a dirty continent, it is just filled with disorganized government figures.

Failure is good only when you have time to spare, but useless if you want to get everything done on time. In reality, no one has that time to spare!

Love would have been great if money had never been created. But since it exists, we ought to wisely use both to our advantage.

Nothing is more beautiful than an investment. Earn money while you sleep. At the same time, you should be prepared to deal with any loss or risk that may arise along the way.

All married couples should examine themselves periodically and ask, "What have we done with the resources God has given us? How are we handling His blessings? Are we spending our money wisely? Have we progressed over the past year? Are we moving in the direction God wants us to go? Are we obeying His will? Is He pleased with our management? What does He want us to do next?" These are important questions for growing in stewardship.