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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When should we let go? A famous saying by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated that “we [as men] shall overcome”. What King makes clear is that the human race has always pushed forward and will overcome harsh struggles. In Dylan Thomas’s poem‚ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night‚ many of the lines focus about death‚ but the overall the main importance of the poem brings forth questions such as “why should the fight continue?”. In Thomas’s perspective‚ people should never be willing to let go
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A Progress There’s really no reason for the Industrial Revolution to be considered a problem. The Industrial Revolution did much more good than bad; even when things were bad‚ they eventually got better. There were many instances where the Industrial Revolution did good and/or fixed the wrong that occurred. For example‚ diseases and viruses were being discovered‚ meaning people began to open their eyes which led to the many advances in the medical field which led to people becoming healthier and
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irrefutable. We’re better off in almost every respect than people of the Middle Ages‚ who in turn had it easier than cavemen‚ who in turn were better off than apes. Just count our advantages. We enjoy the most abundant and varied foods‚ the best tools and material goods‚ some of the longest and healthiest lives‚ in history. Most of us are safe from starvation and predators. We get our energy from oil and machines‚ not from our sweat. What neo-Luddite among us would trade his life for that of a medieval
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July 15th ‚ 2010 1920s Good Times or Bad Times? For many decades‚ there were numerous arguments stating whether the “Roaring 20s” were good times or bad times in Canadian history. Although there were many clear reasons that supported both sides of the argument‚ I believe that the 1920s were good times. The “Roaring 20s” were times of economic and social boom. New inventions which are still effective part of our lives in 21st century‚ growing power of multimedia and entertainment‚ and modern form
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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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BAD-Mart Everyday many Americans shop at the retail giant Wal-mart. They sell everything from food for the refigerator to toys for children to furniture for your home. This retail monster saves many Americans money on day-to-day basics. "Always Low Prices" id the slogan for Wal-mart and they deliver the promise but at what cost? While charging low prices comes with consumer benefits‚ mounting evidence from across the country indicates that these benefits come at a steep price for American workers
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and possibilities arise. The ability to modify the genes of living organisms is a very controversial subject‚ spawning many debates about its uses‚ ethics‚ and dangers. On one hand‚ the possibility of modifying livestock and plants to produce more food and useful products is tempting. Medical uses for genetic modification are also abundant‚ and can change medicine for the better. On the other hand‚ problems about the ethicality of tampering with the natural world‚ legal rights on genetically altered
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Examinations good or bad The news that mid-term exams have been cancelled in some primary schools recently has sparked quite a few controversies. Some people regard it as a big step in educational reform‚ while others question whether it is on the right track. Parents‚ teachers and students‚ the three parts involved‚ have all reacted a little bit pessimistically toward the new policy. Parents‚ always busy working to support their families‚ feel that they are losing an important quantified judgment
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The impact to health from fast food is quite staggering when it is consumed on a regular basis. Unfortunately‚ an ever growing number of households are doing exactly that‚ as fewer and fewer families rely on someone doing any conventional cooking using fresh food ingredients. Far too many households feed themselves on a constant‚ daily diet of microwaved ready meals with very little or zero fresh fruit or vegetables. Then they "treat" themselves to a meal out‚ by visiting a burger or pizza restaurant
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