In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-run Companies, Page 483The saving remnant; Successful american companies; Toward new theories; The rational model; Man waiting for motivation; Back to basics; Managing ambiguity and paradox; A bias for action; Close to the customer; Autonomy and entrepreneurship; Productivity through people; Hands-on, value-driven; Stick to the knitting; Simple form, lean staff; Simultaneous loose-tight properties. |
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