Quotes about Management
In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
— WP Kinsella
The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.
— Thomas Jefferson
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.
— Thomas Jefferson
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
— Edmund Burke
The greatest of all evils is a weak government
— Benjamin Disraeli
Influence is not government.
— George Washington
The talk you hear about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it.
— Peter Drucker
A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.
— John Maxwell
An owner unknowingly scattering people's attention is a common cause of the question "Why's everyone working so much but nothing's getting done?
— Jason Fried
It begins with this idea: Your company is a product. Yes, the things you make are products (or services), but your company is the thing that makes those things. That's why your company should be your best product.
— Jason Fried
You can't credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you're doing the opposite as the boss.
— Jason Fried
When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees.
— Jason Fried