Jim 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
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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‚ 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
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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 is the importance placed upon building the company‚ rather than relying exclusively on building a specific product or service. Collins and Porras use the metaphor of clock-building versus time-telling
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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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Doctors Tell the Truth by Joseph Collins I began to agree with Collins argument. Collin’s argues that doctors must frequently withhold the truth from their patients‚ which is equivalent to lying to them and should cultivate lying as a fine art. At the same time‚ no doctor has the right to tell a patient point blank that they have a major disease like epilepsy‚ dementia praecox etc. only after observation for a long period. In this piece Collins has 4 premises. Collins premises are the four types of
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Genesis Trejo 02/25/2015 Period 3Nebe In the poem‚ “Introduction to Poetry‚” Billy Collins presents an issue that is prominent in the world of literature. He is the speaker in the poem and addresses the reader as a student. His scholastic tone is first exposed in the title. The title suggests that Collins does not go too in depth of how to analyze poetry as it is an only an “introduction.” Collins wants the reader to get an idea of what they should do to have a more complete and coherent interpretation of a poem
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Public Health NRS-427V Leslie Greenberg September 20‚ 2012 Community Assessment and Analysis Plano‚ Texas The city of Plano is located in the United States in the state of Texas and has two counties in the city limits (Denton and Collin). The city is in the Central Standard Time zone and Central Daylight time zone in the summer. “The city itself is 71.6 square miles with all of it consisting of land except .1 square miles of water (City of Plano‚ 2008)”. The land is elevated 675
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At first glance‚ it appears that Billy Collins poem‚ Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House‚ is about the legality of purchasing and owning a weapon. However‚ after reading the poem‚ it is clear to see that the seriousness of the title gives way to an artistic poem about a neighbor’s incessantly barking dog. Owning a gun is a contentious issue that evokes emotion from many who are involved in the debate. In many respects‚ this is a political poem about the second amendment rights--gun
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Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals‚ as well as those African-American women outside. She provides the work of Black feminist thinkers‚ Angela Davis who was an American political activist‚ Alice Walker who wrote the book “The Colour Purple‚” and Audre Lorde an American writer and civil rights activist. Although the book focused on the black feminist thought of intellectuals and activists‚ the author believed‚ that those experiences and perspectives of
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“The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets”-Tom Clancy. Terrorism is a key conflict in Under The Persimmon Tree written by Suzanne Fisher Staples. It plays a large role in the way the main characters lives are portrayed. It affects almost every aspect of their lives from education to mental health. In the book‚ the two main characters are Najmah and Nusrat. Nusrat is from America but came here with her husband who is a doctor. Najmah is a teenage girl who
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