How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in / Jim Collins.
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TextPublication details: New York : Jim Collins : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins Publishers, c2009.Description: xiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780977326419 (hc.)
- 0977326411 (hc.)
- 658.1/6 22
- HG3761 .C65 2009
Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
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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.