ASU Library Database: Good To Great By Jim Collins

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1. What database did you find your articles in? (Ebsco Host/Academic Search Premier, ProQuest, Lexis/Nexis, etc.) How hard was it to find articles on your topic?

The database that I found my article was in ProQuest, When I click in ProQuest Link then it took me to the ASU library sites. I just need to enter my topic Keywords “Google in China”, then choose the article types “Scholarly Journals” and search. There were many relevant articles showed up. I think ProQuest is really convenience and it helps me easy to find the articles from database for my report.

2. What articles did you choose, and why did you choose them? Summarize what each one says. How will you use them in your report?
I chose total two articles from the ASU Library database. …show more content…

I chose this book because this book outlines the model how the business can face the leadership difference, technology change and culture change, it focused on defining the companies that can survive in the long term, meshing different sets of result into a dominant framework for sustainability success. I can use this book to my case report and analyze how Google can better survive in China when they met different cultures. When they different culture between China and American, how they can deal with the conflicts.

4. How are you enjoying this book? Have you experienced a change in your thinking about your career, as a result of reading this book? Have your goals been clarified, or your own personal code of ethics?
I am enjoying this book so far, because Collins mentioned a lot common traits for the “good to great” business can share. One of the traits called The Stockdale Paradox. After my reading, I understand if you want to be successful, you need to have consistent faith that you will prevail in the end, you also need to have courage to face some brutal facts and you cannot escape. Also in my career, I need to remain an optimistic and positive attitude, at the same time when I met the difficult I should try to figure it out and find the balance for the