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  • Published: 2 November 2001
  • ISBN: 9780712676090
  • Imprint: Random House Business
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $55.00

Good To Great




Jim Collins, bestselling author of Built to Last returns with Good to Great, a look at what it takes to succeed in business and how a good company can become a great one.

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Can a good company become a great one? If so, how?

After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even shocking - to the modern mind.

Good to Great achieves a rare distinction: a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel. It is widely regarded as one of the most important business books ever written.

  • Published: 2 November 2001
  • ISBN: 9780712676090
  • Imprint: Random House Business
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $55.00

About the author

Jim Collins

Jim Collins is a student of companies – great ones, good ones, weak ones, failed ones – from young start-ups to venerable sesquicentenarians. The author of the national bestseller Good to Great and co-author of Built to Last, he serves as a teacher to leaders throughout the corporate and social sectors. His most recent book is Great by Choice, a look at why some companies thrive in uncertain times. His work has been featured in Fortune, Business Week, The Economist, USA Today, and Harvard Business Review. You can find more information about Jim and his work at his e-teaching site, www.jimcollins.com.

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Praise for Good To Great

...the biggest selling and most influential management book of the new millennium.

Financial Times

...seminal...

The Times

...a must-read...

Management Today

Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not-so-great, Collins lays a well-reasoned roadmap to excellence that any organisation would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come.

Amazon.co.uk Review

in this category (management books) there is nothing to touch Jim Collins... It is essential reading.

Sunday Times Business Books of the Year