Quotes About Management

I think that there are a few people that are power manipulators that have gotten control of things.

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.

Politics is activity in relation to power

Whatever power I exert is collegial.

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Lists are a form of power.

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Eventually, we can get to a system where an electric company will be able to hold back some of the power so that maybe your air conditioner won't operate at its peak.

To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise.

I talked about the consolidation of power in the hands of the corporate bureaucracy, as distinct from the stockholders. To this view, I still strongly adhere.

The power of the corporate bureaucracy - the power of technostructure (a term that did not take off) - is something to which I still adhere.

Power always works from the corner office.

The person in power takes up the most space.