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Management Quotes

On the people and decisions that steer a company's fortunes.

These quotes treat management as the real variable behind a business — one naming it as decisive for how a company fares, another describing the grind of commuting for a management job, a third noting how a company's model reaches beyond simple retail. See Business quotes.

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

Quotes by Peter Drucker

We're just delighted that management has come around to my way of thinking.

Quotes by Paula Zahn

The human capital of most macroeconomists, heavily invested in demand management, was wiped out by the policy failures of the 1970s.

Quotes by Paul Craig Roberts

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

Quotes by Pat Riley

No one is more keen than me to see the Hunting Act repealed, because I believe in the management of wildlife.

Quotes by Owen Paterson

There are no more holes in my management lineup.

Quotes by Oscar Munoz

If the Numerai fund performs well, that should lead to more assets under management, which should lead to more revenue for Numerai's general partner, which should lead to higher payouts for the data scientists, which implies a higher Numeraire valuation.

Quotes by Olaf Carlson-Wee

The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.

Quotes by Obie Trice

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.

Quotes by Norman Ralph Augustine

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

Quotes by Niklaus Wirth

I'd like to thank the management at Force India for giving me the chance to return to Formula One as a team driver.

Quotes by Nico Hulkenberg

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

Quotes by Nick Mason

I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.

Quotes by Nicholas Soames

I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history.

Quotes by Niall Ferguson

Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They own 100% of their affiliates, which are investment managers such as Permal, Western Asset Management, and Royce.

Quotes by Nelson Peltz

Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking.

Quotes by Nelson A. Miles

Red Carpet Enterprise has been really well received since one guy can install it in about an hour, and it makes it trivial to deal with software management issues like deploying updates and creating standard package sets for your various...

Quotes by Nat Friedman

There are very few black-and-white truths in management or in business, but one that I have found is that people either hire people who are smarter than them, or people hire people they can control.

Quotes by Nancy Dubuc

Most of the time, your risk management works. With a systemic event such as the recent shocks following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, obviously the risk-management system of any one bank appears, after the fact, to be incomplete. We ended...

Quotes by Myron Scholes

My career in academic research has not been involved with active management of securities. I've tried to understand risk-and-return relationships; also the pricing of derivative securities.

Quotes by Myron Scholes

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "management" quotes cover?
It ranges from calling management "the key to a company," to a personal commuting story at Waste Management, Suning's tech-driven management approach, and a wry line about brilliant management meeting a bad-economics business.
Does a quote say management is the most important factor in a company?
Yes: "Look first at management. That's the key to a company."
Is there a personal story about working at Waste Management?
Yes: "Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work."
Does a quote describe a company's management as tech-focused?
Yes: "Suning from a management concept and technology point of view isn't simply an appliance company."
Is there a witty observation about management versus a bad business?
Yes: "When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." See the Business collection for more.

One line observes that brilliant management can outlast a business with weak economics, a sharper claim than the usual leadership platitude — explore Best and Like quotes for more.