In search of excellence : lessons from America's best-run companies

Peters, Thomas J. (Author). Waterman, Robert H. (Added Author).

Summary: Discusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies.

Record details

ISBN: 0060150424
ISBN: 9780060150426
ISBN: 0446385077
ISBN: 9780446385077
ISBN: 0063120534 (A'asian pbk)
ISBN: 9780063120532 (A'asian pbk)
Physical Description: print
xxvi, 360 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, ©1982.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The saving remnant -- Successful American companies -- Toward new theory -- The rational model -- Man waiting for motivation -- Back to basics -- 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.