In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

By (author): "Nancy Austin, Robert H. Waterman Jr., Thomas J. Peters"
Publish Date: 1982
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
ISBN0060150424
ISBN139780060150426
AsinIn Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Original titleIn Search of Excellence
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.