Management Quality Quotes

Really, a critical matter in the public service is radically to improve the quality of management.

Good businesses can survive a little bad management.

Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.

Management is always part of the equation of making the company successful, so the quality of management always matters.

Some corporations are extremely well managed; some nonprofit organizations are. It has nothing to do with the sector. It has to do with quality of management.

Good managements produce a good average market price, and bad managements produce bad market prices.

Someone asked me about what's it like managing 2.2 million associates, and I said, 'When they're Wal-Mart associates, it's not all that hard because of the quality and the depth of our talent.' I'm really proud of the fact that 70% of the managers in the U.S. started as hourly associates with our company.

Assessing management quality is clearly one of the most important aspects of an investment decision.

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.

You cannot have the financial system crippled because of lack of decision making and lack of quality people.

In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad cycles and manage to grow their business over a long period of time.

The qualitative factors upon which most stress is laid are the nature of the business and the character of the management. These elements are exceedingly important, but they are also exceedingly difficult to deal with intelligently.

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.