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Phil Rosenzweig describes errors in the fundamental research assumptions of Good to Great. First, heavy reliance on magazine articles as research introduce sources littered with halo effects. He also notes the Wrong End of the Stick delusion used in the hedgehog claims of the book in that successful companies have a luxury of focus which is not ...
"The basic message of Built to Last and other similar books is that good managerial practices can be identified and that good practices will be rewarded by good results. Both messages are overstated. The comparison of firms that have been more or less successful is to a significant extent a comparison between firms that have been more or less ...
The guide includes 16 clean energy policies and programs that offer opportunities for states to save energy, improve air quality, lower greenhouse gas emission and increase economic development. An example of a successful best practice from the guide is building codes for energy efficiency. This practice is to use building energy codes to set ...
The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors, by Francis DeRespinis, Peter Hayward, Jana Jenkins, Amy Laird, Leslie McDonald, and Eric Radzinski for IBM Press [24] Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors , by Michelle Carey, Moira McFadden Lanyi, Deirdre Longo, Eric Radzinski, Shannon Rouiller ...
The book The Halo Effect (business book) has a lengthy critique of the methods and conclusions of Good to Great. The references and links in that article may be useful for this one. This article needs more detail of the book's critical reception, especially since there's a respectable academic position that it has been debunked as pseudo-science.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder centers around a teenager named Pip (Emma Myers) who takes it upon herself to solve a case where a local school girl was seemingly murdered by her boyfriend before he ...
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Examples: Homer presents, Achilles rages, Andromache laments, Priam pleads. Holden Caulfield has a certain disdain for what he sees as 'phony'. Friends is an American sitcom that was aired on NBC. Conversely, discussion of history is usually written in the past tense and thus "fictional history" may be presented in that way as well.