In his bestselling business management book Good to Great, Jim Collins implies that there are companies which can perform well almost indefinitely. The boom-to-bust cycle can be curtailed, it would seem, if a company focuses in on what it's intended for and has the right people on board. These are nice, reasonable ideas and make good business sense overall, but can adherence to them truly predict greatness? According to Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt, the answer in this case is no. Most of the "great" eleven companies profiled in the book are as much affected by up and down performance cycles as any company.
My question is, can anything predict an organization's ability to get to or remain at the top of the game? How often does any of us experience true "greatness" in our lives? Is it reasonable to assume it can be predicted, as if controllable? What do we gain and lose with attempts to make it happen? Something to ponder as you read From Good to Great...to Below Average. Then I encourage you to check out the Business Pundit's very reasonable (imho) review of books like Good to Great.
2 comments:
Bill Gates, Mother Teresa, Donald Trumph, Luis Armstrong, and all those other people believed in what they did no matter how many others doubted them. Although now they are recognized, through out there lives they were faced with many hardships. So my take on your question is that we can create our success to be as great or little depending on our belief in ourselves. That goes for businesses as well. They shape there success with their knowledge, hardwork, and belief in what they are doing
A little bit of my opinion,
Melba
What do you feel about your question???
is there a "dummies" version of this book? you know me, i need large font and pictures...
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