“The first step toward making the worker achieving is to make work productive.”

—  Peter F. Drucker

Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 1, p. 199

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American business consultant 1909–2005

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