“To be a manager requires more than a title, a big office, and other outward symbols of rank. It requires competence and performance of a high order.”

— Peter F. Drucker

Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 398

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