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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Good to Great by Jim Collins Report As the name implies‚ the author of the title “Good to Great‚” embarked in a research study to try to discover what made some companies outstanding‚ persistent‚ and sustainable from their competitors. The author makes a clear distinction that the publication of the title is not meant to fill in the holes left behind on one of his previous titles‚ “Built to Last.” In fact‚ towards the ending of the research novel‚ the author states that if someone is going to
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The Flywheel And the Doom Loop…….12 Chapter 9. From Good To great To built to Last…..14 Learnings from Good to great……………………….15 Critique…………………………………………………16 . © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved About the Author : 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
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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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(AGG) Imagine losing someone so close to you that you live in isolation because nobody understands you and you can’t understand others‚ this is what Nusrat struggles with in the book‚ Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples .(BS-1) The initial loss of Margaret leads to disconnection from the people around her.(BS-2) The absence of Margaret from Nusrat’s life has made her find her true love‚ Faiz too.(BS-3) Because of Faiz’s death‚ Nusrat figures out how her parents must have felt when
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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 were able to develop the Build up to Breakthrough Flywheel. While I believe that following the flywheel process can result in improvements in any business‚ this is still only the theoretical application that was derived from case studies
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Built To Last James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Chapter 1 The Best of The Best The critical question is not “What’s common across a group of companies?” Rather‚ the critical issues are: “What’s essentially different about these companies? Selected a comparison company for each visionary company. Compare gold medal teams to silver and bronze medal teams whenever possible to give real meaning to our findings. History and Evolution They reflect the accumulation of past events and the shaping force
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References: Collins‚ J. (2001). Good to Great. Harper Collins Publications. Sutton‚ B. (2008‚ September 16). Reality Check: Guy Kawasaki ’s Magical New Book. Retrieved November 10‚ 2010‚ from Work Matters: http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/reality-check-guy-kawasakis-magical-new-book
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HAT Task 1 Community Health Assessment Of Collin County‚ Texas by Gary Goodman A healthy community provides for the health of both the individual and community throughout all stages of life. The information covered within regards the community of Collin County‚ Texas involving a plethora of sources that include the U.S. Census Bureau‚ U.S. County Health Rankings‚ interviews and correspondence with key county individuals‚ personal report
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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 years; then at a transition point began to pull away from the competition‚ and sustained returns of at least 3 times the general
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