Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:179925 L3 - citeulike-article-id:179925 N2 - {Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In <I>Good to Great</I> Collins, the author of <I>Built to Last</I>, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. 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. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like <I>Built to Last</I>, <I>Good to Great</I> is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --<I>Harry C. Edwards</I> } SN - 0066620996 TI - Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't PB - HarperBusiness AU - Collins, Jim PY - 2001/10/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0066620996 ER -