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Pros

The principles in this book aren't undermined by this. Such a well researched and written book.

Jim collins' book aims to help the reader bring his organization from a good (read average) level of performance to a great one by presenting and analyzing the case of a dozen forbes 500 companies.

Hard empirical data and practical solutions, not gooey platitudes and empty rhetoric, are the earmarks of good to great. I also recommend the black book of outsourcing for a great practical primer on whats occuring in the world economy. The book's rea...  Read More

Collins succinctly identifies the distinguishing characteristics of these high-flyers. Just as important as his clever catch-phrases, collins' work is backed up by meticulous research. Jim collin's hedgehog theory is available now on itunes.

In a word, versatility. Collin's effectively distills an enormous amount of data to pinpoint the qualities of leaders and organizations that enabled them to make the jump from being just good to becoming truly great.



Cons

This is another in a long line of overly simplistic books which purport to identify. The author stops short of producing further value-adding materials after singling out these ideas. At times, the writer's tone seems * an evangelical preacher trying ...  Read More

Collins studies are of the same humbug that the one published in 1982 by two others phoneys gurus, peters and waterman, in their book in search of excellence. Many important truths are found because of the data contradicting preconceived ideas. Rather...  Read More

They charge shipping for returns when they mislead the purchaser.

The average cost of scrap metal per ton increased $25 from the first half of 2002 to the firsthalf of 2003, and total energy costs increased around $4 per ton. The headline of an article published last july reads, nucor's profit drops 86%. Kimberly-cl...  Read More

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Quality


He is very happy with the book as it was on his wish list


Jim collins gives some very good ideas on quality management and good performing companies


This book is often criticized because the chosen companies may have benefitted from a random factor but i was satisfied with th...  Read More

Shipping


The package was crushed during shipping and the envelope used was torn multiple times

Competitiveness


Collins puts his findings in clear accessable language


More directed to people who already have a business

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  • This product had a total of 4,962 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 26 2022.

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    For this this book is not enough


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    Some rather interesting studies on global multinationals doing biz in china are given in this book chinas global reach markets multinationals and globalization by george zhibin gu which also talks about the influences of these multinationals on the social and political changes inside china


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    Collins puts his findings in clear accessable language


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    Did not expect it and i suspect the team writing it did not either


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    Never realized how important ethics is to making money


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    Instead they hire the right people first and slot them into the organization later


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Here are my highlights from the book kinda like a grade 5 book report these are the main points that stuck out to me as it pertains to my business

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