In Search of Excellence

Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Collins Business Essentials)

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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.
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Ev Williams Co-Founder/Twitter, CEO/MediumRecommends this book

Alden Mills In Search of Excellence focused my daydreaming mind into what it takes to build truly great companies. (Source)

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Aidan Connolly [I read] In Search Of Excellence at the age of 16 while on vacation and it convinced me that I had a passion for management, leadership and strategy. Prior to that I had planned to be an Engineer. I still have the copied I read three times in a row, and the key sentences are highlighted. Probably good that I read it then! (Source)


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