| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2003067759 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780060548780 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
658/.00973 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Peters, Thomas J. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
In search of excellence : |
| Subtitle |
lessons from America's best-run companies / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Thomas J. Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Publisher |
HapperBusiness Essentials, |
| Date |
2004. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiv, 360 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
21 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: New York : Harper & Row. 1982. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A HarperBusiness book." |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Contents: Successful American companies -- The rational model -- Man waiting for motivation -- Managing ambiguity and paradox -- A bias for action -- Close to the customer-- Autonomy and entrepreneurship -- Productivity through people -- Hands-on, value-driven -- Stick to the knitting -- Simple form, lean staff -- Simultaneous loose-tight properties. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Discusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
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. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
TBS950 ENGG954 MGMT910 TBS921 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Industrial management |
| Form |
United States. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Management |
| Form |
United States. |
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| Topical Heading |
USA. |
| ADDED ENTRY |
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| Name |
Waterman, Robert H. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| Public note |
Location Map |
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