Peter Drucker1909–2005The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different.
MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 1, p. 44The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.
MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 455There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer.
The Practice of Management (1954), p. 37- The Practice of Management (1954), p. 41
- Managing for the Future: The 1990’s and Beyond (1992), p. 139
