Peter Drucker Quotes
When earning money is the primary driver of a business, that business has come under the control of people who no longer have the vision, interests or focus of the founders and the people who originally made it what it was. Making money is an important part of making a successful company, but if that is all, then unless one is an investor, there is no great advantage to becoming a customer. All of the great new companies started with a vision that may have included making money but went far beyond that.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an Austrian management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management".
