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Books : In Search of Excellence : Lessons from America's Best-Run CompaniesIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $14.95 Price: $8.21 You Save: $6.74 (45%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: February 29, 2004 Sales Rank: 285484 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product 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. 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One Of The All Time Management ClassicsThis book results from a study of several American companies trying to determine the patterns which make them consistently successful. It covers in detail eight timeless common basic principles which make companies great. Highly recommended! If you like this book you will also like "Built To Last" and "From Good To Great". Rating:  - I was not impressed with the quality of the cd. The beginning of the cd was ok, but then the quality got progressively worse. Do not buy this product. Rating:  - Not an audio bookI bought this CD beleiving it to be the audio version of the book which it is not. It's a recording of a presentation by Tom Peters. The presentation is still useful in that he highlights some of the key findings and his observations of studying US corporations but I still feel I now need to buy the book. Rating: - Brilliant at the BasicsAlthough this was written quite a few years ago, the basic truths outlined in this book remain as pertinent today as then. The two authors set out to find the basic characteristics of excellent companies and they came up with the following: 1) A bias for Action - Intelligent companies experiment rather than debate. 2) Close to the Customer - Service and quality obsession from top to bottom. 3) Autonomy and entrepreneurship - The key for big companies - Act small. 4) ... Read More Rating: - EnthusiasticWhen it's Tom Peters, it's not the content that matters, but the enthusiasm that you gain from it. I highly recommend it. Other books which I love: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Eightstorm: 8-Step Brainstorming for Innovative Managers. Browse for similar items by category: 
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