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How the Mighty Fall

The format for your report should be as follows:
• Double spaced
• One-inch margins
• Title line on first page only
• Proper grammar and punctuation
• Proper citation, if necessary
• Report length: from two to three pages, total (see below)

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Prepare a report with the following sections:
Section 1 (no more than two long paragraphs, or one-page): A brief summary on the book How the Mighty Fall
Section 2: A discussion and/or explanation of how you will use the information in How the Mighty Fall based on what you expect a business person should or could do to apply the book to their careers.

Your report should follow the guidelines in shown under "Assignment Format," above and should be no longer than three pages in length.

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How the Mighty Fall

The format for your report should be as follows:
â?¢ Double spaced
â?¢ One-inch margins
â?¢ Title line on first page only
â?¢ Proper grammar and punctuation
â?¢ Proper citation, if necessary
â?¢ Report length: from two to three pages, total (see below)

The Assignment:

Prepare a report with the following sections:
Section 1 (no more than two long paragraphs, or one-page): A brief summary on the book How the Mighty Fall
The book, How the Mighty Fall, the author Jim Collins examines the scenario of how large corporations have collapsed. He sees the reasons for their collapse and thinks about the possibility if the decline of a firm can be detected early and the fall reversed. Collins feels that companies can foresee the decline and take steps to avoid the downfall has been explored by Jim Collins. He also outlines the ways in which companies can reverse the decline. In his book , How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins lays down five stages of decline. The five stages are "Stage 1: Hubris Born of Success, Stage 2: Undisciplined Pursuit of More, Stage 3: Denial of Risk and Peril, Stage 4: Grasping for Salvation, and Stage 5: Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death. Jim ...

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