In Search of Excellence

Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr., then consultants at McKinsey & Company, studied 43 of America's best-run companies across a range of industries. Published in 1982, when many American managers were looking to Japan for lessons, this book focused on what made successful American firms succeed. The authors distill their findings into eight basic principles of management, practices oriented toward action and people, that they argue set these organizations apart.

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Seth Godin: “Tom Peters has had an impact on your life.”
Steve Jobs: “In Search of Excellence [the book about business practices] has taken the place of Be Here Now.”