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61 " Peter Drucker quotes a definition of an entrepreneur as someone who moves resources from areas of lower productivity and yield to areas of higher productivity and yield. "
― Andrew S. Grove , Only the Paranoid Survive. Lessons from the CEO of INTEL Corporation
62 " delegation without follow-through is abdication. "
― Andrew S. Grove , High Output Management
63 " if you base your business on the volume leader, you will be going after a larger business yourself "
64 " Ada kecenderungan untuk meninggalkan kegagalan dan membiarkannya tertimbusdek masa.Jumlah pembelajaran yang amat banyak terbazir begitu saja kerana kegagalan tidak di kupas sepenuhnya.Jadi pembelajaran sebenar adalah apa yg dipelajari drpd kegagalan. "
― Andrew S. Grove
65 " Except for one last thing. What if the people who believe in the cheap Internet appliance turn out to be right? "
66 " A manager’s output = The output of his organization + The output of the neighboring organizations under his influence "
67 " All production flows have a basic characteristic: the material becomes more valuable as it moves through the process. "
68 " A common rule we should always try to heed is to detect and fix any problem in a production process at the lowest-value stage possible. "
69 " In general, meddling stems from a supervisor exploiting too much superior work knowledge (real or imagined). The negative leverage produced comes from the fact that after being exposed to many such instances, the subordinate will begin to take a much more restricted view of what is expected of him, showing less initiative in solving his own problems and referring them instead to his supervisor. "
70 " There is no question that having standards and believing in them and staffing an administrative unit objectively using forecasted workloads will help you to maintain and enhance productivity. "
71 " if your organization uses e-mail, a lot more people know what’s going on in your business than did before, and they know it a lot faster than they used to. "
72 " Middle managers are the muscle and bone of every sizable organization, no matter how loose or “flattened” the hierarchy, but they are largely ignored despite their immense importance to our society and economy. "
73 " Adapt or die. Some "
74 " So in the end careful interviewing doesn’t guarantee you anything, it merely increases your odds of getting lucky. "
75 " We live in an age in which the pace of technological change is pulsating ever faster, causing waves that spread outward toward all industries. This increased rate of change will have an impact on you, no matter what you do for a living. "
76 " Few of the top ten participants in the new horizontal computer industry rose from the ranks of the old vertical computer industry, bearing testimony to the observation that it is truly difficult for a successful industry participant to adapt to a completely different industry structure. "
77 " When the need to stretch is not spontaneous, management needs to create an environment to foster it. "
78 " if we want to cultivate achievement-driven motivation, we need to create an environment that values and emphasizes output. "
79 " You cannot stay in the self-actualized mode if you’re always worried about failure. "
80 " Sooner or later,somethingfundamental in yourbusiness worldwill change. "