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

by Thomas J. Peters, Robert H. Waterman Jr.

Overview

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.

Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060548780
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	02/07/2006
Series:	Collins Business Essentials
Edition description:	1st HarperBusiness Essentials Edition
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	122,335
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1160L (what's this?)

About the Author

Thomas J. Peters, "uber-guru of business" (Fortune and The Economist), is the author of many international bestsellers, including A Passion for Excellence and Thriving on Chaos. Peters, "the father of the post-modern corporation" (Los Angeles Times), is the chairman of Tom Peters Company and lives in Vermont.

Robert H. Waterman, Jr. is the bestselling author of The Renewal Factor, Adhocracy, and What America Does Right, and the director of The Waterman Group, Inc.

Editorial Reviews

One of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read.” — Wall Street Journal

From the Publisher

One of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read.

Wall Street Journal

One of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read.

Wall Street Journal