Weve become so conditioned to think of performance as something that develops along evolutionary lines from poor to good to outstanding that it takes a minute to grasp the notion that competence can actually inhibit achievement. In good to great collins, the author of built to last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. But for the most part, collinss book has some sound principles in it. Jim collins, an expert in the field of leadership, introduced a story from aesops fables called the fox and the hedgehog in his own book good to great. Good to great answers an even more compelling question.
The following are short excerpts from the monograph good to great and the social sectors. Good to great by jim collins, first edition abebooks. During my first year on the stanford faculty in 1988, i sought out professor john gardner for guidance on how i might become a better teacher. After a fiveyear research project, jim collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. Why some companies make the leap and others dont 9780712676090 by collins, jim and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. The ultimate business summary bundle including topline summaries of good to great, start with why, the emyth revisited, three laws of performance, topgrading and how the mighty fall. Money is a resource for achieving greatness, not a measurement of it. Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at stanford graduate school of business, where he received the distinguished teaching award in 1992. In good to great collins, the author of built to last concludes that it is possible, but finds that there are no silver bullets to greatness. Good to great by jim collins penguin books australia.
Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, jim collins shows that his level 5 leader and other good to great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap. Good to great by jim collins, isbn 0066620996, compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Jim collins books good to great and the social sectors. Having invested more than a quartercentury in rigorous research, he has authored or coauthored six books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. Finding case studies to answer this question is no easy task and the research team set about it by finding companies that performed at the industry average for 15 years, then outperformed the market for the next 15 years by a factor of 3. In good to great author jim collins and his team of researchers analyzed the histories of twentyeight companies over five years to discover the key determinants of greatness. Rent good to great 1st edition 9780066620992 today, or search our site for other textbooks by james c. Good to great companies think differently about the role of technology. Why some companies make the leap and others dont 9780066620992 by jim collins and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
To find the keys to greatness, collinss 21person research team r. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read good to great. After the leap, the good to great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the worlds greatest companies, including cocacola, intel, general electric, and merck. Jim collins is author or coauthor of six books that have sold in total more than ten million copies worldwide, including the bestsellers good to great, built to last, and how the mighty fall. Based on a fiveyear research project comparing companies that made the leap to those that did not, good to great shows that greatness is not primarily a function of circumstance but largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline this book discusses. Collins that aims to describe how companies transition from being average companies to great companies and how companies can fail to make the transition. Collins and porras will emerge as the gurus to watch. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fastmoving times.
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Good to great has to rate in the top five of the many business books i have read and digested in my career. We have you covered with 247 instant online tutoring. Collins that describes how companies transition from. Why business thinking is not the answer, published in 2005 by jim collins authors note. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising at times even. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, jim has authored or coauthored four books, including the classic built to last, librarian note. Good to great by jim, collins, 9780712676090 dymocks. Collins presents a blueprint for transforming good companies into ones that produce great, sustained results. They include good to great, built to last, how the mighty fall, and great by choice. Compare cheapest textbook prices for good to great. Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good.
Some of the key concepts discerned in the study, comments jim collins, fly in the face of our. Formerly a faculty member at the stanford university graduate school of business, where he received the distinguished teaching award, jim now. Not only is it a great read, but there is data to back up all the research and help the reader draw comparisons between what is a good business and what is a great. Z dobreho skvele good to great jim collins martinus. The pretext of this book is how do you take a good company and make it great. Why some companies make the leap and others dont by jim collins abebooks.
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