Good to Great by Jim Collins is by far the best business-oriented book that I’ve read that can be applied to any career situation. I can see why it has gained the notoriety and respect from top level executives around the world. I have read other business type books which were more of a motivational lecture than actual years of research going into the making of one text. Before reading this book‚ my preconceived notion was that I would be lost in trying to understand executive jargon. That was not
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Good to Great By Jim Collins I found my reading of Good To Great by Jim Collins very informative and even entertaining. It is interesting to me his concepts and perceptions and how although when you read them they seem rather elementary and obvious‚ Mr. Collins is indeed an outside the box thinker/writer and it is because of his ease of explaining his concepts that the message simply comes across as easy. The main idea that is presented in this book is that “Good is the Enemy of Great.” At first
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For my Student Choice Book Report assignment‚ I read the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Jim Collins‚ put the book together along with the contributions and collaborations of the Good to Great research team. The main purpose of the book was about the following question; “Can a good company become a great company and‚ if so‚ how?” (pg. 5). Jim and the research team have answered this question in a couple of different categories of disciplined. I picked two of them people‚ and thought. The first
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“Code Talkers”. Discoverer.prod.sirs.com. Web. 3-15-13 Rosenberg. “Navajo Code Talkers”. History.1900s.about.com. Web. 3-19-13. “Navajo Code Talkers: WWII Fact Sheet”. History.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm. Web. 3-15-13 Newman. “Navajo Code”. Discoverer.prod.sirs.com. Web. 3-15-13. Navajo Code Talkers Austin Allen March 27th‚ 2013 Austin Allen March 27th‚ 2013 Despite their people being slaughtered and lack of recognition from the government‚ Navajo code talkers still aided
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The book Good to Great have seven (7) main concepts for leaders to being their organization or business from the level of good to a level of great. These concepts can be used in any industry and when applied correctly can help organizations standout from the rest when they are ready to move past just being good at what they do. The first principle is Level 5 (five) Leadership: It takes a leader who is modest‚ willful‚ humble and fearless to lead an organization from good to great. A Level 5 (five)
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Navajo Code Talkers: helping the United States Some of you may not know about the Navajo Code Talkers‚ so I’m going to tell you a little bit about them. The Code Talkers are arguably the most important part of the U.S.’s army during World War II. For starters‚ the Code Talkers weren’t white men. They were actually indians who lived normal lives. The Code Talkers weren’t all Navajos. There also were the Cherokee and Choctaw indians too. Things were going bad for the United States. Pearl Harbor
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Executive summary: In my assignment‚ I make a report to introduce the overview of HRM for 30 new interns of HR department. This includes two main sections: In the first section‚ question A is divided into 2 parts: Part A concentrates on hard and soft HRM to bring out the definitions‚ the differences between to approach in words and in graph. This part also justify the way Toyota applies Soft HRM in human resource management and my private opinion. Part B lists five practices applied in Toyota
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Good neighbor Samantha Carty Us as humans are social animals by nature‚ social interactions‚ companionship‚ and sexual relations play a huge role in our lives. No matter where you come from the country‚ the city‚ or just a normal family neighbor hood it is impossible for us not to be surrounded by people whether it being people living in your apartment complex or in a house next to yours. These “neighbors” are the people who are always around so it is pretty impossible for them not to affect our
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used to transmit messages by radio. The men that carried the radios and spoke the language had to endure the same harsh battles as every other marine. My book‚ Code Talker‚ by Joseph Bruchac‚ covered the Navajo Marines in World War II‚ which had a profound impact on the life of the main character in the book because he was a code talker that fought within the Pacific Theatre. Throughout the novel‚ there were many historical events that affected my main character. Those main events included the attack
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protection regarding national security. The authors continue to affirm that even though significant risk exists when confidential information is released to the press‚ this danger has remained unresolved by the courts. The authors cite an example to prove this point. The CIA during the Reagan administration recognized Muhamar Quadaffi as a known terrorist and a potential threat to national security in a classified document. The Washington Post somehow had the document disclosed to them‚ and
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