A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place (Record no. 1782)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0316013994 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | MISC |
| Item number | ERI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Abrahamson, Eric |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | USA |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Back Bay Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 327 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "An engaging polemic against the neat-police who hold so much sway over our lives." -The Wall Street JournalEnthusiastically embraced by readers everywhere, this groundbreaking book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. With an astounding array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play in business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, hardware stores, and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, coauthors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat ones. From clutter to time sprawl to blurring of categories, A PERFECT MESS will forever change the way we think about disorder."A compelling and comical tour of humanity's guilt-ridden love affair with accidents, messes, and randomness... Combine the world-is-not-as-it-seems mindset of Freakonomics with the delicious celebration of popular culture found in Everything Bad Is Good for You to get the cocktail-party-chatter-ready anecdotes of 'messiness leading to genius' in A PERFECT MESS." -Fast Company |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Self-help, Psychology, Creative Ability |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Freedman, David H. |
| Relator term | Author |
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| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type | Coded location qualifier |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Arthshila Ahmedabad | Arthshila Ahmedabad | Cluster: 4E | 16/08/2025 | Page 3 Bookshop | MISC/ERI | BK01856 | 24/08/2025 | Books |