good companies from truly great companies. Many organizations have found success by utilizing a technique of balancing their core ideology‚ stimulating progress‚ and seeking support by aligning company objectives‚ strategies‚ and policies. These companies are what Jim Collins and Jerry Porras call "visionary". Built to Last seeks to discover these timeless management principles that make a company truly "visionary" (Collins & Porras‚ 2002). One of the central principles presented in Built to Last
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Built To Last - Summary of Key Points Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras both are associated with Stanford About this book: This summary of Built to Last is included because if one is going to change an organization‚ one needs to know what to change towards. This book is one of the best we know of that answers that question. It is one of the best pieces of research done on why certain organizations are more successful over time than others. Because its time horizon is a minimum of 50 years
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think Apple is a visionary company? Why? Do you think Steve Jobs built a long-lasting company? Why? Nowadays‚ who do not know Steve Jobs worldwide? There are probably thousands of people who don’t know who he is/was‚ but certainly there is a higher percentage of people that somehow has had contact with any of Jobs geniuses creations or now they can get access to several content at affordable prices that can be found in iTunes‚ there are several products‚ that makes Steve Jobs a visionary man‚ he started
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Book Summary: Built To Last Built To Last by James Collins & Jerry Porras What has enabled some corporations to last so long‚ while other competitors in the same markets either struggle to get by‚ or fade away after a short period of time? This is the major question that Mr’s Collins and Porras try to answer. They took a look at 18 well known‚ well established and healthy companies (’visionaries’)‚ and compared them to a counterpart in their specific area of business. They analyzed all the information
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discusses a visionary company characteristic of taking risk and “setting super goals” as a hallmark for success. It starts off with Boeing’s pursuit of the commercial airline market in the 1950’s‚ which was underdeveloped and needing a major player for jet aircrafts. Unlike its rival Douglas Aircraft‚ who avoided entering the commercial market‚ Boeing took a gamble and developed a prototype for the commercial airliners used today. This chapter introduces the “BHAG” concept as a way for companies to enhance
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BOOK REVIEW SUCCESS BUILT TO LAST: Creating A Life That Matters By Jerry Porras‚ Stewart Emery‚ and Mark Thompson Summary Success Built to Last builds on over 200 interviews with highly successful people to discern patterns on how they define success and how they achieved it. The authors spoke to remarkable people that were trimmed down from initial thousand lists to hundreds who were able to sustain success for over a 20 year period. The interviewees were Nobel Laureates‚ Pulitzer‚ Grammy
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The Best of the Best The book basically talks about visionary companies deviating from most books which are written on charismatic leadership and visionary products. Visionary companies are institutions in industry having a separate standing in terms of admiration and impact on world around them. All visionary products as well as visionary charismatic leaders have to die‚ it is actually company that last long through multiple products and leaders. In six year of research Jim Collins and Jerry I.
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Visionary Leadership The website article “Leading & Leadership” posits that certain skills will result in success as a manager. Vision‚ goal setting‚ and training are cited as key skills of effective leaders. Broad behaviors are categorized in order to define leadership types and differentiate leadership styles. Within these definitions is a style of purposeful and logical management best described as strategic management. Strategic Management and Leadership Having the power to hire and fire is
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There were many things that were noticeable that made Augustus a pioneer and a visionary. The first that is noticeable is that he takes chances. At the beginning of his rein he had to make a decision. Take a chance and get revenge or carry on and not do anything about his allies turning on him behind his back. He knew if he lost this war he would lose everything and that Rome would no longer be the same and maybe not even be in existence. On the other hand‚ if he won he would take over all of Rome
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Visionary Steve Jobs By: Ed Velasquis October‚ 2012 I. Introduction A. My paper is about a leader in my field of study that helped revolutionize our current technological age. B. The Leader that I have chosen is Steve Jobs C. The purpose for this paper is to help me (and others who read it) learn more about what were Steve Jobs’ contributions and leadership skill-sets in the technology industry.
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