Peter Drucker

The first constant in the job of management is to make human strength effective and human weaknesses irrelevant. That’s the purpose of any organization, the one thing an organization does that individuals can’t do better. The second constant is that managers are accountable for results, period. They are not being paid to be philosophers; they are not even being paid for their knowledge. They are paid for results. Management is not a branch of philosophy but a practice […] and results are not quite as easy to define in an organization. The balance between short term and long term, for instance, will remain a constant challenge.

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