Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don'tThe Challenge But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study The Standards The Comparisons Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings
“Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings? |
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User Review - scottjpearson - LibraryThingThis work is the result of a cohort business study. The control group consisted of publicly owned companies that had good performance for 15 years and then great performance (defined as outperforming ... Read full review
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User Review - nicholasjjordan - LibraryThingI’ve resisted reading this book for a decade or so. As a pastor I’ve long associated it with an uncritical business thinking takeover of Christian leadership. As I read it, I’m certainly critical of ... Read full review
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't Jim Collins No preview available - 2001 |
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't Jim Collins No preview available - 2001 |