Peter Drucker Quotes about Communication

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Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Peter Drucker

Communication, Mean, Commitment

Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.121, Routledge

The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Peter Drucker

Funny, Communication, Humor

Knowledge is power, which is why people who had it in the past often tried to make a secret of it. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not from hiding it.

Peter Drucker

Communication, Information, Hiding

"Managing in a Time of Great Change".

Communication always makes demands. It always demands that the recipient become somebody, do something, believe something. It always appeals to motivation.

Peter Drucker

Motivation, Believe, Communication

Peter Drucker (2012). “Technology, Management and Society”, p.10, Routledge

Communication is always "propaganda." The emitter always wants "to get something across."

Peter Drucker

Communication, Want, Propaganda

"Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices". Book by Peter F. Drucker, 1973.

For the social ecologist language is not "communication." It is not just "message." It is substance. It is the cement that holds humanity together. It creates community and communication. ...Social ecologists need not be "great" writers; but they have to be respectful writers, caring writers.

Peter Drucker

Communication, Caring, Community

"The Ecological Vision: Reflections on the American Condition". Book by Peter F. Drucker, 1993.