TY - BOOK AU - Peters,Thomas J. AU - Austin,Nancy TI - A Passion for excellence: the leadership difference PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Industrial management KW - United States N1 - Gift of Rowan H. Taylor; Includes bibliographies and index; A blinding flash of the obvious -- MBWA : the technology of the obvious -- Integrity and the technology of the obvious -- Common courtesy : the ultimate barrier to competitor entry -- No such thing as a commodity -- Mere perception : the irreducible humanness of customers -- Quality is not a technique -- The smell of the customer -- The mythology of innovation, or the skunkworks tale -- Three skunks -- The context of innovation -- The smell of innovation -- Bone-deep beliefs -- Ownership -- ApplauseApplause -- Attention, symbols, drama, vision -- and love -- Transformations and enhancements : small wins, debureaucratizing and pockets of excellence -- Coaching -- Doing MBWA -- Excellence in school leadership -- What price excellence ER -