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Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives’ decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The computer is a moron.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.