Book Report of Good to Great by Jim Collins
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
By Jim Collins
Can you identify one company that had changed from being good to being great around you? Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, is a student and teacher of enduring great companies. In order to make this book, Mr. Collins started his research with 1,435 good companies. Then, he examined their performance over 40 years, to later on, find the 11 companies that became great.
The purpose of this book is to make us see that nearly all-operating prescriptions for creating large-scale corporate change are nothing but myths and that changes do not happen from one day to another by a miracle, the change from good to great is the result of a successful plan who is composed of steps, so that the mass of people would gain confidence from the successes, not just the words.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't is a 2001 management book by James C. Collins that aims to describe how companies transition from being average companies to great companies and how companies can fail to make the transition. It is ranked on Amazon.com as the #70 of the top 100, and the first in Management-books.
James “Jim” Collins III is certainly a talented author. This management philosopher is the author of business must-reads and his niche lies in analyzing what makes enduring companies tick. He describes his work as looking at these companies and asking “how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies.” Twenty years of research and consultancy has allowed him to come with the conclusion that priority should be given to building lasting mechanisms on top of strategies.
A native of Colorado, the 50-year old management guru invested a lot in his education. He graduated with degrees in Business Administration and Mathematical Science from Stanford University.
To create a headquarters for his research, consulting and
By Jim Collins
Can you identify one company that had changed from being good to being great around you? Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, is a student and teacher of enduring great companies. In order to make this book, Mr. Collins started his research with 1,435 good companies. Then, he examined their performance over 40 years, to later on, find the 11 companies that became great.
The purpose of this book is to make us see that nearly all-operating prescriptions for creating large-scale corporate change are nothing but myths and that changes do not happen from one day to another by a miracle, the change from good to great is the result of a successful plan who is composed of steps, so that the mass of people would gain confidence from the successes, not just the words.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't is a 2001 management book by James C. Collins that aims to describe how companies transition from being average companies to great companies and how companies can fail to make the transition. It is ranked on Amazon.com as the #70 of the top 100, and the first in Management-books.
James “Jim” Collins III is certainly a talented author. This management philosopher is the author of business must-reads and his niche lies in analyzing what makes enduring companies tick. He describes his work as looking at these companies and asking “how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies.” Twenty years of research and consultancy has allowed him to come with the conclusion that priority should be given to building lasting mechanisms on top of strategies.
A native of Colorado, the 50-year old management guru invested a lot in his education. He graduated with degrees in Business Administration and Mathematical Science from Stanford University.
To create a headquarters for his research, consulting and