Today‚ these men are recognized as the famous Navajo Code Talkers‚ who exemplify the unequaled bravery and patriotism of the Navajo people. These Navajo men were selected to create codes and serve on the front line to overcome and deceive those on the other side of the battlefield (Discover Navajo). However‚ “unknown to many‚ the Navajo language was used to create a secret code to battle the Japanese. A lot of visitors from around the world are intrigued‚ yet also confused‚ when they hear the Navajo
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Evil Doers or Evil Genes? Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating‚ exploiting‚ or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal. Like all personality disorders‚ antisocial personality disorder is a deeply ingrained and enduring behavior pattern‚ manifesting as an inflexible response to a broad range of personal and social situations. This behavior represents an extreme or significant deviation from
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Running head: Good to Great Book Review | In partial fulfillment for the requirement for DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELING BY TIFFANY TURNER-BANKS 11/12/2011 Jim Collins and his research team have done a wonderful job identifying what it takes for a company to go from good to great. I found this book extremely interesting and would like to share several of my thoughts. The study looks at companies that appeared on the Fortune 500 from the years of 1965 to
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The goal of Good to Great by Jim Collins is to find the traits of great companies‚ through an extensive data collection project. Collins and his team tracked 28 companies from a variety of industries to find common traits that separated the “great” companies from the “good” companies. His team identifies six characteristics that separate good companies from great companies. Of these six‚ I personally found “First Who… Then What‚ the Hedgehog Concept‚ and the Culture of Discipline” the most interesting
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something you care that much about‚ and you believe in its purpose deeply enough‚ then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great”‚ Collins (1) asserts in the chapter that the application of Good to Great concepts can usher sustained great results and he examined the case of the high school cross-running team‚ they have transformed from good to great successfully by winning the state championship on both boys’ and girls’ teams; what they have done were simply “run best at the end”‚ and
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Collins’ book Good to Great unpacks an underestimated power that helps companies‚ organizations and even churches achieve more than others. Basically‚ Collins says‚ we settled for good enough and we need to pursue greatness. He says‚ “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness‚ it turns out‚ is largely a matter of conscious choice.” It is a choice and a choice that every leader must choose. However‚ choosing great over good does not come how most people would assume. Great companies focus
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Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t This report consists of the critical analysis of Jim Collins’s book Good to great‚ a brief introduction of the author and background of the book. 2012 Faraz Shaukat Materials Engineering (Sec-A-97) 5/13/2012 Introduction 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 nearly a quarter
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Good to Great Jim Collins’s Good to Great seems to derive findings from market instances of which he and his team were able to minimize or even eliminate any market-specific factors in order to compare the chosen companies by level of similarities that brought them through the process to ’great’ success. As the chosen companies that achieved ’greatness’ were compared to a similar comparison company that did not make the correct choices towards creating a ’great’ company‚ Collins and his team
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and behaviors modified as needed through a graduated disciplinary process. When officers make statements or act in a manner that disrupts the order of the department‚ formal counseling and/or graduated discipline has to take place. In the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins (2005)‚ the concept of getting the right people on the bus is a key component to building
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Summary In 1996 Jim Collins asked the question‚ "Can a good company become a great company and if so‚ how?" (Collins‚ p195) Collins and a dedicated band of 22 researchers set out to discover what transforms good companies into truly great companies. Their criteria for greatness was tough: The researchers sought companies that had underperformed the general stock market for at least 15 years‚ then went through a transition‚ and subsequently outperformed the general stock market by at least three
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