{"id":1169,"date":"2015-07-13T18:12:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2015-07-13T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:14:03","slug":"peter-drucker-great-management-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/2015\/07\/peter-drucker-great-management-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Drucker &#8211; 6 Great Management Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1170\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/drucker.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Drucker\" width=\"106\" height=\"106\" \/>Peter Drucker is often credited as the father of modern management practice. He was the author of two ground-breaking books of his time:\u00a0<em>The Effective Executive<\/em>\u00a0and <em>The Practice of Management<\/em>. Here are are 6 of his best management insights of all time that are extremely relevant today in organizations big and small&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cIf you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cWhat gets measured gets improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cResults are gained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cSo much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cMeetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>6. \u201cLong-range planning does not deal with the future decisions, but with the future of present decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Drucker &#8211; 6 Great Management Insights can change how you think about management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management-and-leadership","category-organizational-development","tag-management","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peter Drucker - 6 Great Management Insights can change how you think about management\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Asad Zaidi\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/2015\/07\/peter-drucker-great-management-insights\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Management Insights - 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