In search of excellence

The book In Search of Excellence (Thomas Peters & Robert Waterman) was reviewed by three authors with three different perspectives. While McEnrue (1) favors the book, Carroll (2) mentions his disappointment about it. Having read these two articles, we can say that Dalton’s (3) review falls some where between these two, with his positive reflection spiced with some criticisms.
Mary Pat McEnrue is completely in favor of the ideas that are evoked in the book by Peters&Watermann. She describes the book as “illustrating the eight attributes of excellence through real, vivid, intimate, and exciting examples from high performance companies.” She believes that, with this method, the authors present the readers the before mentioned ideas with a brand new package.
The second reviewer, Dan R. Dalton, is majorly in favor of the book, though he is disturbed by some aspects. He, just like McEnrue, gives credit to the way the authors describe the eight attributes of e...