Jim Collins talks about a lot of characteristics‚ values and traits needed in order to turn a company from a good one to a great one. What is rather surprising is how he gives a refreshing and actually quite unorthodox perspective on the topic. The things that he points out are what most would think the opposite of some of the values being taught in school. He starts off by identifying leadership as the key in running a great company. He points out that leaders who become beacons of success are
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Michael Tauber ENGT 4983 (Energy Related Internship) Good to Great by Jim Collins Tulsa‚ Oklahoma has been named the oil capital for the nation and the world for quite awhile and is a perfect place to study the energy industry. The University of Tulsa College of Business established The TU Energy Management program in September 2006 and started accepting students in the fall of 2007. The first graduating class to obtain the Energy Management major was comprised of only two students
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Reading response: Collins and Solomos Upon reading the Collins and Solomos introduction to their Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies‚ I soon realized that the field of race and ethnicity is a diverse‚ living thing that is constantly evolving. The authors make reference to the fact that the civil rights movement has been working for decades and it appears at times that no progress has been made. They make this point by mentioning the nightly newscasts on television that show global atrocities
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Good to Great by Jim Collins Report As the name implies‚ the author of the title “Good to Great‚” embarked in a research study to try to discover what made some companies outstanding‚ persistent‚ and sustainable from their competitors. The author makes a clear distinction that the publication of the title is not meant to fill in the holes left behind on one of his previous titles‚ “Built to Last.” In fact‚ towards the ending of the research novel‚ the author states that if someone is going to
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Good to Great Book Review To transform a good company to great company is all manages’ dream‚ but only few of them make it. To find out the core factors which lead to a good company became a great company is very difficult‚ because in different era‚ different industry companies face different opportunities and threats. To begin the research for the Good-to-Great study‚ Jim Collins and his research team searched for companies that: performed at or below the general stock market for at least fifteen
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Good to Great “Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t" Harper Business‚ 2001‚ New York‚ NY. Review BySwarup Bose © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved Table of Contents About the Author……………………………………….3 Thesis…………………………………………………...3 Chapter 1. Good is the Enemy of Great……………...4 Chapter 2.Level 5 Leadership………………………..5 Chapter 3. First Who….Then what…………………..6 Chapter 4. Confront the brutal facts…………………7 Chapter 5. Hedgehog Concept………………………9 Chapter 6. Cultural
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A Book Report on Good to Great By Jim Collins (Book Report by Gary Tomlinson) Preface: Jim Collins is coauthor of Built to Last‚ a national bestseller for over five years with a million copies in print. A student of enduring great companies‚ he serves as a teacher to leaders throughout the corporate and social sectors. Formerly a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business‚ where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award‚ Jim now works from his management research
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Chapter One: Good is the Enemy of the Great Ian Smith American Sentinel 1. Discuss what Collins meant when he said “good is the enemy of the great”. Provide specific example to support your answer. Collins meant that we have very little things that become great. For example‚ Collins says‚ “We don’t have great schools‚ principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government‚ principally because we have good government. Few people attain good lives‚ in large part because
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Good to Great Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Other Don’t “Good to Great” is an exploration into the key factors that have transformed good companies into great 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
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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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