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Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution
Thriving on Chaos Handbook for a Management Revolution
Author: Tom Peters
The national bestseller that offers prescriptions for an economic world turned upside down.  — In contrast to the mass of oversimplified business survival manuals, this one justifies itself. After demonstrating in his previous books (In Search of Excellence, with Robert Waterman, and A Passion for Excellence) what he calls the "nice-to-...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780394567846
ISBN-10: 0394567846
Publication Date: 9/12/1987
Pages: 561
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3.6 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Still relevant today...good stuff.
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Addressing American industry's continuing decline in foreign and domestic markets, Peters (In Pursuit of Excellence) here offers a detailed plan for unstructured business activity in which some readers will see not only chaos but anarchy. Nevertheless, the author's perception of high quality as a determining consumer motivation and his radical recipe for achieving it are persuasive. Noting that smaller service-oriented businesses like Federal Express prosper while mammoth GE and GM falter, Peters would largely eliminate top-heavy management superstructures in favor of creative worker involvement and customer participation, with supervisors on hand to encourage. This textbook cites dozens of specific business situations and person-to-person responses in support of its step-by-step instructions for turning a failing enterprise aroundif those involved can act fast.
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The premise of this book is simple. "The only constant is that everything changes." Tom Peters explains how to take advantage of that simple concept through innovation, training, delegation and more.


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