Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow‚ how they attain superior performance‚ and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic‚ Jim has co-authored three books‚ including the classic Built to Last‚ a fixture on the Business Week bestseller list for his eliminated wasteful luxuries‚ like executive dining rooms‚ corporate jets‚ lavish vacation spots‚ etc.‚ for the good of the company - to
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Good to Great By Jim Collins I found my reading of Good To Great by Jim Collins very informative and even entertaining. It is interesting to me his concepts and perceptions and how although when you read them they seem rather elementary and obvious‚ Mr. Collins is indeed an outside the box thinker/writer and it is because of his ease of explaining his concepts that the message simply comes across as easy. The main idea that is presented in this book is that “Good is the Enemy of Great.” At first
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GOOD TO GREAT Why Some Companies Make the Leap…. And Others Don’t Author : Jim Collins About the Author : Jim Collins‚ a student and teacher of enduring great companies. He serves as a teacher to leaders through the corporate and social sectors. He is an ex-faculty of Stanford University Graduate School of Business and proud recipient of the Distinguished Teaching award in 1992. Known for his deep research’s‚ Jim has authored or co-authored four books‚ including the classic a. BUILT
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Jim Collins creates a sort of guideline for companies that are mediocre or have had mediocre performances who want to make the leap to becoming a great company. The way Collins came up with these guidelines is by studying 11 great companies that were selected from a list of Forbes 500 companies and deemed great companies using a criteria created by Collins’ research team. These 11 companies were than each compared to a company in the same industry with similar resources but who did not perform as
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The City So Nice They Named It Twice: New York‚ New York When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on
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The most amazing place that I ever visited is New York. It is also called the city that never sleeps‚ The capital of the world‚ The big apple or Empire city. This city has many places to visit‚ some of these places are: The famous statue of liberty‚ The Empire State Building‚ Central Park‚ Times Square‚ the popular 5th Avenue‚ and more places. I will talk about those in this essay. Also i will explain why New York is the most amazing city I’ve ever been. I will talk about the places that
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The “Great Leap Westward” refers to the settlement of Tennessee‚ but it was more like the great journey over mountains‚ surviving Indian territory and an expedition down the river in hopes of building a new life. As the first settlers moved west from Virginia and North Carolina‚ they faced more struggles than just a leap westward. The men‚ women and children that survived definitely had a reason to make Tennessee the best place to live. Once they faced and overcame these obstacles the state of Tennessee
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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
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Ronit Kumar 7A DAR Rough Draft May 30‚ 1892 New York City‚ NY Dear Cousin‚ How are you? Well‚ I am happily settled at my new home. By the way‚ my journey actually turned out to be very stimulating. Let me describe it to you. I started my journey about thirty-three days ago. My parents were the ones who sent me to Ellis Island. The reason was that there were many wars and conflicts in Italy‚ and my parents wanted me to be safe. I wasn’t born at that time when Italy participated in the Crimean War
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choice‚ and discipline.” by Jim Collins. Good To Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins covers how leaders can meet goals efficiently with their desired group or team. This monograph dives into the deeper details and qualities of how businesses went from average to amazing with long lasting capabilities. Any business or group can deliver superior performance‚ achieve lasting endurance‚ and make a distinctive impact to the world no matter what the size (Collins ‚ 8). I have had the amazing
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