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Article Excerpt
(New York, NY: Harper Business, 2001, ISBN: 0066620996, 320 pages, $27.50).
What separates the outstanding from the average? Many times, the small things are what count; like getting out of the box the fastest in a sprint, or "knowing where the puck will be." Usually, it is the small things that count in sports, but in business, it is a well-thought-out plan and deliberate actions.
What actions and plans make a company great? How can these principles be applied to the IT field? These questions are answered by Jim Collins' book, Good to Great, which is the sequel to his book, Built to Last. Both books are based not on theory but on in-depth research and analysis. This provides a high believability score to his work. Built to Last dealt with companies that were already great. These companies did not have...
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