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    <title>perfect mess</title>
    <subTitle>the hidden benefits of disorder : how crammed closets, cluttered offices, and on-the-fly planning make the world a better place</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Abrahamson, Eric</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1958-</namePart>
    <role>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Freedman, David H.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1954-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Little, Brown</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2006</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2006</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>327 p. ; 22 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The cost of neatness -- A mess sampler -- The history of mess -- The benefits of mess -- Messy people -- Messy homes -- Mess and organizations -- Messy leadership -- The politics of mess -- Optimizing mess -- Messy thinking -- Pathological mess -- The aesthetics of mess.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-314) and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Conduct of life</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Moderation</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Order</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Orderliness</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Organizational effectiveness</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Success</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">650.1</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0316114758</identifier>
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