In Search Of Excellence Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school and bedside table, and continues to influence the thinking of leaders and managers across the globe today. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a range of sectors - consumer goo...

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Main Authors: Peters, Thomas J. (Author), Robert H. Waterman Jr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom Profile Books Ltd 2015
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