In Search of Excellence | A review of the elements and the book. | | | | | 8/30/2010 | | Thomas Friedman in his book “The World is Flat” outlines how the entire world is shrinking and become a close net ball replete with information highways transferring data‚ ideas and meaningful business information at a pace that was never imagined before. In the same way the concept of “speed” is conceptually driven in the mind of business leaders by Bill Gates in his famous book. Scores
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Evaluating of “In Search of Excellence ” 1. In my opinion research which was made by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman upon which was written book Search of excellence was not objective. Main reasons why I claim this research was not objective is that Peters and Waterman: - Found 72 firms which appeared to be excellent. There is no mention about method which was used in selection of these firms and there are not determined criteria. I would suggest that they should set up some general criteria and
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(Zikmund / D’Amico 2002) Peters and Waterman’s In Search of Excellence: lessons from America’s Best Run Companies does adhere to the marketing concept albeit not directly. They strongly support the idea that an organisation is only as good as the people who work within that organisation. Although there is some emphasis on sales and product orientation‚ much of this stems from the organisation wanting to provide the highest quality product or service for the consumer. Peters & Waterman see excellent
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In Search of Excellence: Review In Search of Excellence is a book dealing with many different principles of economics and what makes big business’ excellent. The first idea that Peters discusses is his chart of the McKinsey 7-S Framework. The graph is very simple but the ideas are fairly complex. In their research‚ they found that their philosophies were too hard to explain and easily forgettable. They made this Framework to deal with strategy‚ structure‚ style‚ systems‚ staff (people)
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Frases de Tom Peters • Cuando el capital y la tecnología son accesibles para todos por igual‚ lo que marca la diferencia es el capital humano. http://humano.ya.com/elocuax/citas/citas019.htm • Se buscan: ¡SOÑADORES! ¡Preparados para reinventar el Mundo! http://www.nowtilus.com/descargas/Gestion/Hoja_de_producto_victoria_total_de_las_ESP.pdf • Todo el mundo lo está haciendo. Trepar por la vieja y querida Cadena del Valor Añadido... todo lo rápido que pueden. Bueno‚ es cierto que no todo el
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nonhuman world (Wikipedia). For example‚ this includes the preservation of plants and an increase of animal rights. Peter Singer and Tom Regan both argue that animals need a greater voice than their own in the debate of ethical treatment. Despite their very different philosophical views‚ Singer and Regan want a similar outcome when dealing with environmental ethics it today’s society. Peter Singer‚ an Australian philosopher‚ takes a utilitarian view on nonhuman liberation. In other words actions should
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Maintaining Individual Excellence Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines excellence as the quality of superiority. The work excellence is synonymous with distinction‚ greatness‚ flawlessness‚ impeccability‚ and perfection (Merriam-Webster‚ 2006). The pursuit of excellence is the search for perfection. The consensus of today’s society is that nothing is perfect and perfection is unobtainable. Although that may be true‚ I believe that by reaching for excellence‚ or perfection‚ a person
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1. Discipline 1. Discipline: Plenty of business experts claim that you can’t get anywhere as an entrepreneur without vision or creativity‚ but that’s simply not the truth. Instead‚ the one quality that no entrepreneur can be successful without is discipline. To build an idea into a business‚ you have to have the discipline to spend time slogging through the least fun parts of running a business (like the bookkeeping)‚ rather than taking that time to do something fun. When you’re the boss‚
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Achieving Individual Excellence Wendy Barker BSHS 461 November 15‚ 2012 Maren Alitagtag Achieving Individual Excellence Individual excellence is pushing yourself to surpass other’s expectations and excel in everything you do. Individual traits‚ ethics‚ values‚ experiences‚ and individual performance help develop and define a person’s individual excellence on a personal and professional level. Individual excellence will lead a person to be a better leader‚ manager‚ supervisor‚ and a better
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and enjoys a good and sustainable market’. Business excellence is often characterized by principles‚ practices and techniques in managing the organisation and achieving results‚ based on a set of fundamental concepts or values. Many countries have developed their own models and frameworks to evaluate and recognize organizations for their efforts in business excellence through awards programmes. In Singapore‚ for example‚ the Business Excellence (BE) initiative was started by Spring Singapore to assist
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