Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies, The: ...And How to Break Them

by Sheth, Jagdish N.

• ISBN13: 9780131791138
• ISBN10: 0131791133
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Wharton School Publishing

Summary

Identifies the dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to and helps diagnose and cure these habits bull; Solution, rather than problem-oriented, this book can be the key to a turnaround in even the most dysfunctional of companies. bull; Filled with real-world stories of those who have succeeded (and failed) in breaking their bad habits. bull; Written by a well-known business professor and author, who has published two widely read and widely-praised books.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xxi
Foreword	p. xxiii
Why Do Good Companies Go Bad?	p. 1
Denial: The Cocoon of Myth, Ritual, and Orthodoxy	p. 19
Arrogance: Pride before the Fall	p. 45
Complacency: Success Breeds Failure	p. 75
Competency Dependence: The Curse of Incumbency	p. 105
Competitive Myopia: A Nearsighted View of Competition	p. 133
Volume Obsession: Rising Costs and Falling Margins	p. 165
The Territorial Impulse: Culture Conflicts and Turf Wars	p. 199
The Best Cure is No Cure at All	p. 231
Endnotes	p. 249
Index	p. 263
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