TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters, Thomas J.,
AU  - Waterman, Robert H 
TI  - In search of excellence: : lessons from America's best-run companies / 
SN  - 0060150424
AV  - CIR HD 70.U5 P48 1982
PY  - 1982///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Harper & Row, 
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - United States
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Organization
KW  - Organization and Administration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I. The saving remnant. Successful American companies -- pt. II. Toward new theory. The rational model -- Man waiting for motivation -- pt. III. 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
N2  - Discusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies
ER  -