In Search of Excellence : Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Record no. 298)
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| fixed length control field | 01600nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9690008293 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.00973 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Peters, Thomas J. and Waterman, Robert H. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In Search of Excellence : Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Lahore |
| Name of publisher | Ferozsons |
| Year of publication | 1987 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiv,360 Pages |
| Other physical details | 22x14 cm |
| -- | PB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | In Search of Excellence describes 8 basic principles that made these organizations successful. Though many of the profiled companies have since lost their edge (or gone under completely), these 8 principles have shown themselves to be timeless: 1) A bias for action, 2) Staying close to the customer, 3) Autonomy and entrepreneurship, 4) Productivity through people, 5) Hands-on, value driven, 6) Stick to the knitting, 7) Simple form, lean staff, and 8) Simultaneous loose-tight properties. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Notes and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 an accessible and practical way for today's management reader. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Industrial Management |
| -- | Industrial Management -- United States. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-11-17 | MSL | 100.00 | 658.00973 P477S 1987 | 11068 | Books |