Book Review - Books by Tom Peters

Thomas J. "Tom" Peters is an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence (co-authored with Robert H. Waterman, Jr).

1982 – In Search of Excellence (co-written with Robert H. Waterman, Jr.)

It's his popular book. It started a trend of researching what "best" companies do and trying to replicate those ideas. However, over time it has been seen that some of those "best" companies have become "junk" shares. Thus, there are rightful skeptics. But I still think it is a good read too.

1985 – A Passion for Excellence (co-written with Nancy Austin)

It is good to read.

1987 – Thriving on Chaos

It consists of quite a good number of case studies. It is good to read.

1992 - Liberation Management by Tom Peters

This is quite long - around 750 pages. But it is a huge collection of case studies and quite easy to read.

I highly recommend it.

Book Review - Books by Charles Handy

Charles Handy: Charles Handy is an Irish author/philosopher specializing in Organizational Behavior and Management.

I am a BIG fan of his books. If you only plan of reading only one of his books, then Understanding Organizations should be the one.

Understanding Organisations (1976)
It is a very good book. It contains a lot of case studies and ideas.
One can easily relate to the stories and ideas - it's as if similar things happened to us or our colleagues.
I highly recommend it.

The Age of Unreason (1989)
It is a good book - it is like a collection of essays and quite easy to read.

Waiting for the Mountain to Move (1995)
It is a bit philosophical - a collection of essays that require some thought.