从优秀到卓越

Good to Great

#亚马逊MBA参考与教育畅销书排行榜第一名

#1 Best Seller in MBA Reference & Education

The best-selling Built to Last answered the question of what it takes to build an enduring, great company from the ground up. Good to Great answers an even more compelling question: can a good company become a great one and, if so, how?

[媒体推荐/Reviews]

…今年来非常畅销和有影响力的管理书籍。

——英国《金融时报》

柯林斯在书中穿插了几十个伟大和不那么伟大的故事和例子，为任何组织制定了一份合理的通向卓越的路线图，任何组织都应该好好考虑。和《基业长盛不衰》一样，《从优秀到卓越》是经理和ceo们在未来几年里会反复阅读的书之一。

——Amazon

在这一类(管理类书籍)中，没有什么能比得上吉姆•柯林斯……这是必不可少的阅读。

——《星期日泰晤士报》年度商业图书奖

[基本信息/Product Details]

Publisher : Random House Business; 1st edition (4 Oct. 2001)

Language : English

Hardcover : 320 pages

ISBN-10 : 0712676090

ISBN-13 : 978-0712676090

Dimensions : 152 x 228 x 24 mm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

[内容简介/Book Description]

《从优秀到卓越》描绘了优秀公司实现向卓越公司跨越的宏伟蓝图。

作者的前一部著作《基业长青》揭示了公司保持卓越的秘诀，但书中提到的公司自始至终都出类拔萃。对于那些业绩平平的公司，如何才能实现从优秀到卓越的跨越呢？是不是卓越的企业都有所谓的特殊“卓越气质”？发展的瓶颈是不是真的难以突破？

针对这一问题，柯林斯和他的研究小组历时5年，阅读并系统整理了6000篇文章，记录了2000多页的专访内容，创建了3.84亿字节的电脑数据，收集了 28家公司过去50年，甚至更早的所有文章，进行了大范围的定性和定量分析，得出了如何使公司从优秀到卓越的令人惊异而振奋的答案。

柯林斯发现，公司从优秀到卓越，跟从事的行业是否在潮流之中没有关系，事实上，即使是一个从事传统行业的企业，即使它最初默默无闻，它也可能卓越。柯林斯提出了一整套观点，“只要采纳并认真贯彻，几乎所有的公司都能极大改善自己的经营状况，甚至可能成为卓越公司”。

Can a good company become a great one? If so, how?

After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even shocking - to the modern mind.

Good to Great achieves a rare distinction: a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel. It is widely regarded as one of the most important business books ever written.

The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:

• Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.

• The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.

• A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results.

• Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.

• The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.

"Some of the key concepts discerned in the study," comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people."

[作者简介/Author]

吉姆·柯林斯，著名商业畅销书作家。柯林斯早年在斯坦福大学商学院从事教学与研究工作，并获得杰出教学奖。1996年，他回到家乡科罗拉多州的博尔德市，创办了自己的管理实验室，与各种企业和社会机构的领导人一起开展对商业生活的研究。曾在默克公司、星巴克、时代明镜集团、麦肯锡公司等世界知名公司任高级经理和CEO。

柯林斯的上一本书《基业长青》是公认的一部经典商业著作，重印近百次，被译为16种文字在全球发行。他的著作被《财富》《商业周刊》《今日美国》《哈佛商业评论》《产业周刊》《Inc.》等杂志广泛报道，引起巨大反响。

Jim Collins is a student and teacher of what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors. Having invested more than a quarter century in rigorous research, he has authored or coauthored a series of books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great, the #1 bestseller, which examines why some companies make the leap and others don’t; the enduring classic Built to Last, which discovers why some companies remain visionary for generations; How the Mighty Fall, which delves into how once-great companies can self-destruct; and Great by Choice, which uncovers the leadership behaviors for thriving in chaos and uncertainty. Jim has also published two monographs that extend the ideas in his primary books: Good to Great and the Social Sectors and Turning the Flywheel.

His most recent publication is BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0), an ambitious upgrade of his very first book; it returns Jim to his original focus on small, entrepreneurial companies and honors his coauthor and mentor Bill Lazier.

Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he conducts research and engages with CEOs and senior-leadership teams.

In addition to his work in the business sector, Jim has a passion for learning and teaching in the social sectors, including education, healthcare, government, faith-based organizations, social ventures, and cause-driven nonprofits. In 2012 and 2013, he had the honor to serve a two-year appointment as the Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Jim holds a bachelor's degree in mathematical sciences and an MBA from Stanford University, and honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. In 2017, Forbes selected Jim as one of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds.