objectives‚ strategies‚ and policies. These companies are what Jim Collins and Jerry Porras call "visionary". Built to Last seeks to discover these timeless management principles that make a company truly "visionary" (Collins & Porras‚ 2002). One of the central principles presented in Built to Last is the importance placed upon building the company‚ rather than relying exclusively on building a specific product or service. Collins and Porras use the metaphor of clock-building versus time-telling
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Summary In 1996 Jim Collins asked the question‚ "Can a good company become a great company and if so‚ how?" (Collins‚ p195) Collins and a dedicated band of 22 researchers set out to discover what transforms good companies into truly great companies. Their criteria for greatness was tough: The researchers sought companies that had underperformed the general stock market for at least 15 years‚ then went through a transition‚ and subsequently outperformed the general stock market by at least three
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Public Health NRS-427V Leslie Greenberg September 20‚ 2012 Community Assessment and Analysis Plano‚ Texas The city of Plano is located in the United States in the state of Texas and has two counties in the city limits (Denton and Collin). The city is in the Central Standard Time zone and Central Daylight time zone in the summer. “The city itself is 71.6 square miles with all of it consisting of land except .1 square miles of water (City of Plano‚ 2008)”. The land is elevated 675
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Compare and contrast Mr Collins’ proposal with Mr Darcy’s first proposal‚ exploring the ways in which Austen enhances our understanding of the two characters and what they represent In the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’‚ Elizabeth Bennet is faced with two daunting offers of proposal from the affluent Mr Darcy and well-connected Mr Collins. It is possible for the reader to notice that Elizabeth Bennet is not the average woman from the Regency Period. This is shown in the way in which both the men structure
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A: the article “ Matrix of Domination”‚ author Patricia Hill Collins brings attention to the systematic oppression towards African-American women. Collin stresses that black women are severely oppressed due to their skin color‚ and gender. According to Collins‚ race‚ gender‚ and class should be mixed together in order to created a solution to the oppression black women face‚ as well as other minority groups; Collins also stresses the fact that no two human beings are the same/live the exact life
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In Collins reading‚ “Should Doctors Tell the Truth?” there is an excusable argument on why should doctors lie to their patients. Joseph Collins who depends and claims doctors lying to their patients. As he states‚ “Were I on the witness stand...I should answer in the negative and appeal...for permission to qualify my answer” (Collins‚ pg.211). What he is saying is that no doctors are not obligated to tell the truth to their patients because sometimes the doctors need to know how to handle some situations
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Contracted Cleaving: “Divorce” Intro In Billy Collins’ short poem “Divorce” (2008)‚ readers get to see a relationship from its intimate moments through to the cold‚ hardened end. While relationships are often thought of in domestic terms‚ Collins introduces silverware as personified characters‚ toying with the notion of domesticity to some extent. Though only four lines‚ the poem delivers a punchy‚ compact narrative rife with emotion undertones. The diction initially suggests the potential for
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Throughout Billy Collins’ short poems‚ an underlying obvious message or lesson is read about. Being a child‚ the thought of adulthood is one that is not taken seriously. For example‚ in “On Turning 10”‚ Collins depicts a boy‚ imaginative of his career proven from chosen Halloween costumes. Unexpectedly to most children‚ life doesn’t outline perfectly in the first draft. Turning ten is an irony in itself that responsibilities kick in as quickly as maturity. As shown throughout the small‚ 5 stanza
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commonly known as Treacher Collins syndrome. He goes through an emotional roller coaster all his life‚ therefore having to deal with the way people react when they see him‚ or reacting to what people say about him. Dealing with not only his physical and emotional problems but also his social problems. Which is from having to handle people and their reactions to his disorder. August Pullman was born with a disease called Mandibulofacial Dysostosis or Treacher Collins syndrome. Symptoms of this include:
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companies (Collins‚ 2001). The book works from empirical data to build a fact based theory while urging the reader to remain impartial and to draw his/her conclusion based on the evidence presented. It identifies the key characteristics unique to 11 companies (Abbott‚ Circuit City‚ Fannie Mae‚ Gillette‚ Kimberly-Clark‚ Kroger‚ Nucor‚ Philip Morris‚ Pitney-Bowes‚ Walgreens‚ and Wells Fargo) that have transitioned from good to great and sustained greatness for at least 15 years. Collins has broken
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