<p>The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), <i>In Search of Excellence</i> has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.</p> <p>Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, <i>In Search of Excellence</i> describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful.</p> <p>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.</p>