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Author Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958- author

Title Good to great : why some companies make the leap ... and others don't / Jim Collins
Edition First edition
Published New York : Harper, 2001

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Description xii, 300 pages : illustrations
regular print
Series Professional development collection
Professional development collection
Contents Good is the enemy of great ; Level 5 leadership ; First who#x85; then what ; Confront the brutal facts (yet never lose faith) ; The hedgehog concept (simplicity within the three circles) ; A culture of discipline ; Technology accelerators ; The flywheel and the doom loop ; From good to great to built to last
Summary 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. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success
Analysis Administration
Leadership
Organizational change
Strategic plan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-286) and index
Notes Also avaialble on CD-ROM
Subject Leadership.
Success in business -- Case studies.
Technological innovations -- Management.
Organizational change.
Strategic planning.
Organizational Culture.
Organizational Innovation.
Administrative Personnel.
Organizational Innovation -- economics.
Administrative Personnel -- psychology.
Planning Techniques.
Technology -- organization & administration.
Leadership.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Nonfiction
Case studies.
Author Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958-
LC no. 2001024818
ISBN 9780066620992
0066620996