Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958- author. Title: How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in / Jim Collins. Publisher, Date: New York : Jim Collins : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins Publishers, [2009] Description: xiv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Business failures. Success in business. Organizational change. Management. Commerce. Leadership. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index. Contents: 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 -- Appendices : 1. Fallen-company selection criteria -- 2. Success-contrast selection criteria -- 3. Fannie Mae and the financial crisis of 2008 -- 4a. Evidence table: subverting the complacency hypothesis ; 4b. Evidence table: grasping for salvation -- 5. What makes for the "right people" in key seats? -- 6a: Decline and recovery [cases]: IBM ; 6b. Nucor ; 6c. Nordstrom -- 7. Good-to-great framework: concept summary. LCCN: 2009289786 ISBN: 9780977326419 0977326411 Other Number: 313666097 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 245786 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 658.16 Collins Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
