The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom

INTRODUCTION

My respect for Peter Drucker will be obvious to anyone who has read this book. I, along with many others, think he is the most important writer on management science that has ever lived. Therefore, it was with some trepidation that I stared to write this section because Drucker said:

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

Peter Drucker

Now, I agree with Drucker. I’m not even sure if all motivation is innate and that what we call motivation by managers simply influences the flow of motivation within a person or group rather than creates it. (There are several potential PhDs in that last sentence and, no, I’m not in the market to do one.)

What follows is an attempt to catch a glimpse of this slippery ...