How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in / Jim Collins.
By: Collins, James C. (James Charles)
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TextPublisher: New York : Collins Business : distributed by HarperCollins Publishers, c2009General Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-211) and index.Description: xiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780977326419 (hc.); 0977326411 (hc.).Subject(s): Business failures | Success in business | Organizational change | ManagementDDC classification: 658.16 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 658.16 C694 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003724036 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-211) and index.
The silent creep of impending doom -- Five stages of decline -- Stage 1: Hubris born of success -- Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more -- Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril -- Stage 4: Grasping for salvation -- Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death -- Well-founded hope.
Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course.
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