In Search of Excellence is an international bestselling book written by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.. First published in 1982, it is one of the biggest selling and most widely read business books ever, selling 3 million copies in its first four years, and being the most widely held library book in the United States from 1989 to 2006 (WorldCat data). The book explores the art and science of management used by leading 1980s companies with records of long-term profitability and continuing innovation.
Read more about In Search Of Excellence: Background, Companies Covered, Eight Themes, Criticisms, Peters' "confession" of "faked Data"
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And every flower, not sweet perhaps, which grows
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Into your rhymes, running in rattling rows;”
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