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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In Search of Excellence, Thomas J.

《追求卓越》，托马斯。

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Tom Peters turned himself into a superstar with "in Search of Excellence".

汤姆·彼得斯通过一本《追求卓越》，结果把自己追成了超星。

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Thirty years ago, Tom Peters published an incredibly influential business book, In Search of Excellence.

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

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So why was In Search of Excellence originally considered so radical?

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