Name Robert Waterman, | ||
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Books In Search of Excellence, What America Does Rig, Adhocracy: The Power to Change, The Renewal Factor: H | ||
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Robert H. Waterman Jr. is a non-fiction author and expert on business management practices.
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- Career
- Personal life
- References
He is best known as the co-author, with Tom Peters, of In Search of Excellence. Waterman currently directs his own company, The Waterman Group, Inc., after 21 years at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
In Search of Excellence was published in 1982 and became a bestseller, gaining national exposure when a series of television specials based on the book and hosted by Waterman and Peters appeared on PBS. The primary idea espoused was that of solving business problems with as little business process overhead as possible, and empowering decision-makers at multiple levels of a company.
He is also the author of:
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Career
He earned his bachelors in geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1958, and MBA from Stanford University in 1961.
Personal life
Waterman serves as chair of the RLS Foundation, the national non-profit organization that sponsors research, raises awareness of, and looks for better treatments for Restless leg syndrome. He also serves on the boards of the World Wildlife Fund, Scleroderma Research Foundation, US Ski Team, ASK Group, Boise Cascade, the AES Corporation, and McKesson.