TY - BOOK AU - Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman Jr. TI - In Search Of Excellence: : Lessons From America's Best-Run Companies SN - 9780446385077 U1 - 380 PET 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 a ER -