TY - BOOK AU - Thomas J Peters AU - AU - PETERS (Thomas J) AU - WATERMAN (Robert H) TI - In Search of Excellence: Lessons from Americas Best Run Companies U1 - 658.973 23 PY - 1982/// CY - New York PB - Harper & Row Publishers KW - Rational Model KW - Motivation KW - Entrepreneurship N2 - 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 ER -