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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100066620996
ISBN-139780066620992
eBay Product ID (ePID)1934485
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGood to Great : Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
SubjectLeadership, Professional Development, Development / Business Development, General, Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorJim Collins
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Education, Business & Economics
SeriesGood to Great Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-024818
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal658
SynopsisThe Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. 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 For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How 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 world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? 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 The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. "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?, The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. 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 For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How 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 world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? 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 FindingsThe findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. "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?
LC Classification NumberHD57.7.C645 2001
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- 23 Apr, 2024Top favourable review
Book arrived without any damages. No scratch on cover nor torn pages. Thank you so much!
Book arrived without any damages. No scratch on cover nor torn pages. Thank you so much!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Nov, 2018Top critical review
Interesting
I read half, written to owners of companies not individuals. Funny that after our owner read this book he closed the doors on an established company that was doing well. He recked 75 people’s lives for this book. Adam G.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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- 24 Feb, 2016
Best One!
Very very informative book. Changes the way you see all things. Gives you the knowledge needed and sense of drive not to give up and keep on keeping onVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Aug, 2017
It is what the title implies: a road map to take a company from good to great!
It is what the title implies: a roadmap to go from good to great!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jan, 2019
Good discussion about interesting companies and managers.
Good overview of a very large research project. Many interesting points.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Nov, 2017
Good read so far!
I enjoy it so far..I like books with real data and real results.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Feb, 2018
Love this!!
Amazing book, I love it, and it came in basically new condition!! Thank you for your business!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Dec, 2017
Good Read
This book is great for anyone who is suffering a decline or fluctuation in business and want to change it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
