The current business-book boom was launched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence.

1982年，汤姆·彼得斯和罗伯特·沃特曼发表了《追求卓越》这本书，掀起了当时的商业书籍热潮。

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Robert Waterman was the opposite of Peters.

罗伯特·沃特曼恰好和彼得斯的相反。

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These include, for example, "in Search of Excellence" by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, "Built to Last" by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, and "Good to Great" by Jim Collins.

这些措施包括，例如，“追求卓越”的托马斯·彼得斯和罗伯特·沃特曼，“建到最后”的吉姆·柯林斯和杰里·波拉斯，并说：“很伟大”的吉姆·柯林斯。

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Every successful pop management meme author stands on the shoulders of Waterman and Peters.

FORBES: How Tom Peters Taught Me To Knit

In Search of Excellence by Robert Waterman and Tom Peters was arguably the progenitor of business literature as a modern popular genre.

FORBES: How Tom Peters Taught Me To Knit