In Search Of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Profile Business Classics)

by Tom Peters (Author), Robert H Waterman Jr (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.23

  The Greatest Business Book of All Time (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful. This phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.

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  Paperback
  1995

  $4.23

  A book for those concerned with international business. It distills the art and science of management used by leading companies with records of long-term profitability and continuing innovation.

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  Paperback
  2011

  $18.91

  A New York Times Bestseller for over three years To discover the secrets of the art of management, Peters and Waterman studied more than 43 successful American companies. The companies specialized in a number of areas: consumer goods, high technology, and services. What he discovered was that regardless of how different each company was, they shared eight basic principles of management that anyone can use on their way to success. Here they are, amply illustrated with anecdotes and examples from the experiences of the best-run companies in the world.