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

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.

Author: Thomas J. Peters, Robert H. Waterman
Publisher: Harper Business
Published: 02/07/2006
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.46w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780060548780

About the Author
Peters, Thomas J.: -

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.

Waterman, Robert H.: -

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.

Peters, Thomas J.: -

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.