In Search Of Excellence
Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
2nd Edition
Published on 15. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-1-86197-716-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Required reading * International Management Magazine * A landmark book, without question the most important and useful book on what makes organisations effective, ever written * Warren Buffet * One of those rare books on management that is both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read * Wall Street Journal *More details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86197-716-8 (9781861977168)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
02/1995
Profile Books Ltd
€32.37
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Persons
Robert H Waterman is an internationally known business executive, speaker and author. He now directs his own company, The Waterman Group, after spending 21 years at the management consultancy firm McKinsey & Co.