Built to last : successful habits of visionary companies / James C. Collins. [print]

By:

Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958- [Author]

Contributor(s):

Porras, Jerry I

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780060566104

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HF5386.P838.B855 2004
HF5386

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Contents:

Clock building, not time telling -- No "tyranny of the OR" -- More than profits -- Preserve the core/stimulate progress -- Big hairy audacious goals -- Cult-like cultures -- Try a lot of stuff and keep what works -- Home-grown management -- Good enough never is -- The end of the beginning -- Building the vision.

Review: "Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies - they have an average age of nearly one hundred years and have outperformed the general stock market by a factor of fifteen since 1926 - and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day - as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies different from other companies?"" "Collins and Porras go beyond the incessant barrage of management buzzwords and fads of the day to discover timeless qualities that have consistently distinguished outstanding companies. They also provide inspiration to all executives and entrepreneurs by destroying the false but widely accepted idea that only charismatic visionary leaders can build visionary companies." Front book flap

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	HF5386.C655.B855 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001748710

The best of the best -- Clock building, not time telling -- No "tyranny of the OR" -- More than profits -- Preserve the core/stimulate progress -- Big hairy audacious goals -- Cult-like cultures -- Try a lot of stuff and keep what works -- Home-grown management -- Good enough never is -- The end of the beginning -- Building the vision.

"Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies - they have an average age of nearly one hundred years and have outperformed the general stock market by a factor of fifteen since 1926 - and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day - as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies different from other companies?"" "Collins and Porras go beyond the incessant barrage of management buzzwords and fads of the day to discover timeless qualities that have consistently distinguished outstanding companies. They also provide inspiration to all executives and entrepreneurs by destroying the false but widely accepted idea that only charismatic visionary leaders can build visionary companies." Front book flap

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