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100	1		_aPeters, Thomas J. _925725
245	1	0	_aIn search of excellence : _blessons from America's best-run companies / _cThomas J. Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
260			_aNew York : _bHapperBusiness Essentials, _c2004.
300			_axxiv, 360 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: New York : Harper & Row. 1982.
500			_a"A HarperBusiness book."
500			_aContents: 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.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aDiscusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies.
520			_aThe "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.
521	2		_aYoung Adult
526			_aTBS950 ENGG954 MGMT910 TBS921
650		0	_aIndustrial management _zUnited States. _925726
650		7	_aManagement _zUnited States. _950431
650		7	_aUSA. _97151
700	1		_aWaterman, Robert H. _925727
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