Quotes by Top Management Top management as a function and as a structure was first developed by Georg von Siemens (1839-1901) in Germany between 1870 and 1880, when he designed and built the Deutsche Bank and made it, within a very few years, into continental Europe's leading and most dynamic financial institution. Peter Drucker top-managementeuropeyears Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence. Peter Drucker top-managementinnovationchallenges Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. Peter Drucker top-managementresponsibilityjobs Make your top managers rich and they will make you rich. Robert H. Johnson top-managementrichmanagement "Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is. Robert Townsend top-managementowltree Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success Stephen Covey climbing-uptop-managementleadership In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. Tina Fey top-managementwittymean If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. W. Edwards Deming systems-and-processestop-managementbusiness It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. W. Edwards Deming top-managementchangemeaningful The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management! W. Edwards Deming top-managementproblemmanagement It is not enough that top management commit themselves for life to quality and productivity. They must know what it is that they are committed to - that is, what they must do. These obligations cannot be delegated. Support is not enough; action is required. W. Edwards Deming top-managementsupportquality Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being told they might be wrong, it is more than offset by the fact that the information will help them make better decisions. Warren G. Bennis top-managementleaderdecision Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. William Penn top-managementwanttime«12
