TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters, Thomas J., 
TI  - In search of excellence : : lessons from America's best-run companies / 
SN  - 9781861977168
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Organizational effectiveness
KW  - Total quality management
N2  - "The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), <i>In Search of Excellence</i> has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.</p><p>Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, <i>In Search of Excellence</i> describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful.</p><p>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  -