Collins, J. How the Mighty Fall. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2009.
Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP
Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It)
Review: Noticeably, some companies in Good to Great have since “fallen”. Just because a company achieves excellence doesn’t mean it will stay there forever. The environment changes, new leadership comes in or they just stop doing what they were doing right. If you’re curious about what has happened to some big name corporations, this book gives data that supports a model of what happens when big companies start to slip and suggestions for what they need to do to reverse the fall. This is a highly focused topic area. I would recommend reading Good to Great first.
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