A Book Report on Good to Great By Jim Collins (Book Report by Gary Tomlinson) Preface: Jim Collins is coauthor of Built to Last‚ a national bestseller for over five years with a million copies in print. A student of enduring great companies‚ he serves as a teacher to leaders throughout the corporate and social sectors. Formerly a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business‚ where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award‚ Jim now works from his management research
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about a lot of characteristics‚ values and traits needed in order to turn a company from a good one to a great one. What is rather surprising is how he gives a refreshing and actually quite unorthodox perspective on the topic. The things that he points out are what most would think the opposite of some of the values being taught in school. He starts off by identifying leadership as the key in running a great company. He points out that leaders who become beacons of success are the ones who actually
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Michael Tauber ENGT 4983 (Energy Related Internship) Good to Great by Jim Collins Tulsa‚ Oklahoma has been named the oil capital for the nation and the world for quite awhile and is a perfect place to study the energy industry. The University of Tulsa College of Business established The TU Energy Management program in September 2006 and started accepting students in the fall of 2007. The first graduating class to obtain the Energy Management major was comprised of only two students
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Cantona. As for me‚ my source of inspiration is my mother my mother is not a well-known politician or a famous performer. She is just plain working mother who devotes her life to me and that is what makes her so special in my life. She never fails to wear a radiant smile that is able to lighten up the room she walks in‚ my mother sa always be my side during the good times and has always been a shoulder to cry on during the bad times. she takes good care of me since i was in her womb. she nurses me
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Chapter One: Good is the Enemy of the Great Ian Smith American Sentinel 1. Discuss what Collins meant when he said “good is the enemy of the great”. Provide specific example to support your answer. Collins meant that we have very little things that become great. For example‚ Collins says‚ “We don’t have great schools‚ principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government‚ principally because we have good government. Few people attain good lives‚ in large part because
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Good to Great Book Review To transform a good company to great company is all manages’ dream‚ but only few of them make it. To find out the core factors which lead to a good company became a great company is very difficult‚ because in different era‚ different industry companies face different opportunities and threats. To begin the research for the Good-to-Great study‚ Jim Collins and his research team searched for companies that: performed at or below the general stock market for at least fifteen
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empowered and one of the methodologies used is importing migrant workers. This is a good step indeed for Malaysia’s development; however in the present the issue of migrant workers flooding our country is uttered to be tormenting. Despite the fact that the influxes of foreign labors are such assisting shoulders to our country’s competitiveness in industrialization‚ I believe that their invasion to Malaysia is not a good move. Those who opposed to the decision agreed that the increment of crime cases
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When I was born‚ my mother raised me. Sometimes‚ my father let me do something. He is not concerned my studies. He said ‘when will you have a holiday? Where would you want to go?’ Everyone’s education is different. So‚ my mother is different from my father. She is very stern with me. She always gives me many classes. So in my primary school‚ I went to art class because my mother says girls should draw. And if I study poorly‚ my mother will let me go to some math class‚ physics class or other classes
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Festivals of India Festivals of India : Diwali Festival Diwali Diwali is regarded as one of the most important festival of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody’s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies ’rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is a five-day festival
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The Move I remember my dad calling us into the living room‚ telling us that we needed to take a seat. I knew it was coming; we’ve been talking about it for months. Now that it was finally here‚ I didn’t want to hear it. My heart was pounding‚ nervous to hear the news. My dad sat down next to my mom‚ took a deep breath and said‚ “We’re moving.” The two words no kid wants to hear. My heart sunk. I knew it was coming‚ but just hearing those words made it reality. Little did I know‚ moving to Iowa was
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