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In Search of Excellence
Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Book • 1982
Published in 1982, 'In Search of Excellence' by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman is a landmark management book.
It analyzes 43 top-performing companies from the Fortune 500, using the McKinsey 7-S model, to identify eight common themes that contributed to their success.
These themes include a bias for action, staying close to the customer, promoting autonomy and entrepreneurship, productivity through people, hands-on and value-driven management, focusing on core business, maintaining a simple organizational structure, and fostering simultaneous loose-tight properties.
The book emphasizes the importance of people, customers, and action in achieving business excellence and has been widely influential in management practices.
It analyzes 43 top-performing companies from the Fortune 500, using the McKinsey 7-S model, to identify eight common themes that contributed to their success.
These themes include a bias for action, staying close to the customer, promoting autonomy and entrepreneurship, productivity through people, hands-on and value-driven management, focusing on core business, maintaining a simple organizational structure, and fostering simultaneous loose-tight properties.
The book emphasizes the importance of people, customers, and action in achieving business excellence and has been widely influential in management practices.
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Mentioned in 12 episodes
Mentioned by 
Steven Sinofsky as a very famous book reflecting the management mantra of sticking to what you're good at and outsourcing everything else.
Steven Sinofsky as a very famous book reflecting the management mantra of sticking to what you're good at and outsourcing everything else.
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How Apple Became So Reliant on China & What it Means For Their Future
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Dr. Stefan Kühl als die Mutter aller Management-Bestseller, an dem sich LALU orientierte.
Dr. Stefan Kühl als die Mutter aller Management-Bestseller, an dem sich LALU orientierte.
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#90 Wieso selbst das heißeste Management-Tool nur kühlen Pragmatismus verdient
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Dave Ramsey when discussing the importance of in-person communication and team building.
Dave Ramsey when discussing the importance of in-person communication and team building.
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Do This If You Want to Build A Business You Love (Dave Ramsey Interview) | Ep 871
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Jim Collins as a book that influenced his early interest in understanding what makes great companies.
Jim Collins as a book that influenced his early interest in understanding what makes great companies.
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TIP372: Identifying A Great Company w/ Jim Collins
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Michael Martin as a book written by Tom Peters, containing the quote: "if it's not broke, you haven't looked hard enough."
Michael Martin as a book written by Tom Peters, containing the quote: "if it's not broke, you haven't looked hard enough."
MMS EP #25 - How To Win More Consistently
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Kevin Eikenberry in a conversation about managing by wandering around in a remote work environment.
Kevin Eikenberry in a conversation about managing by wandering around in a remote work environment.
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Mencionado por Víctor Almeida como el único libro que leyó completo, del cual sacó tips interesantes.
#338. Victor Almeida - Lecciones de Sam Walton, Disciplina Militar, Positivismo y la historia de Interceramic
Mentioned by Brandon when discussing books about business credos and company cultures.
Episode 494: We are going to move the couch
Mentioned by Joe De Sena as a business book that highlighted the importance of a "monomaniac on a mission" for business success.
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Mentioned as a callback to a bestseller written by Tom Peters many decades ago.
Lead Better - In Search of Excellence
