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A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder : How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-fly Planning Make the World a Better Place
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Hachette Audio
Publication date January 3, 2007
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Abridged
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781594836152
ISBN-10 1594836159
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 5.75 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $24.98
Other format details audio
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Summary
Touting the benefits of disorder, chaos, and mess, a groundbreaking study explains how and why a little disorder actually makes systems more effective, citing examples from business, cooking, parenting, politics, and other fields to demonstrate that the right amount of disorder yields better solutions, uses resources more efficiently, and is more durable. Read by David H. Freedman. Simultaneous.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780316114752
 
from Little Brown & Co (January 3, 2007)
9780316114752 | details & prices | 327 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.99
About: Explains how and why a little disorder actually makes systems more effective, citing examples from business, cooking, parenting, politics, and other fields to demonstrate that the right amount of disorder yields better solutions.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780316013994
 
Reprint edition from Back Bay Books (January 8, 2008)
9780316013994 | details & prices | 327 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Touting the benefits of disorder, chaos, and mess, a groundbreaking study explains how and why a little disorder actually makes systems more effective, citing examples from business, cooking, parenting, politics, and other fields to demonstrate that the right amount of disorder yields better solutions, uses resources more efficiently, and is more durable.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781594836152
 
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Abridged edition from Hachette Audio (January 3, 2007)
9781594836152 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $24.98
About: Explains how and why a little disorder actually makes systems more effective, citing examples from business, cooking, parenting, politics, and other fields to demonstrate that the right amount of disorder yields better solutions.

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