Top Management quotes
33 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"What's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There's no excuse for it. No justification. No explanation. This is morally and socially unforgivable, and we'll pay a very nasty price."
"Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs."
"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success"
"One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me."
"Top management as a function and as a structure was first developed by Georg von Siemens (1839-1901) in Germany between 1870 and 1880, when he designed and built the Deutsche Bank and made it, within a very few years, into continental Europe's leading and most dynamic financial institution."
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"I basically see two reasons for a going public: Glencore gets access to more money. It is a way of funding your business and to finance growth. Plus: You have more liquid shares. It is easier to leave the company and redeem your shares. The 'going public' may also be an exit strategy for the top management."
"Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence."