& We must reject the idea
- well-intentioned but dead wrong
- that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business"& So begins this astonishingly blunt & timely manifesto by leading business thinker Jim Collins Rejecting the belief common among politicians that all would be well in society if only the public sector operated more like the private sector he sets out a radically new approach to creating successful hospitals police forces universities charities & other non-profit-making organisations In the process he rejects many deep-rooted assumptions that somehow it&s possible to measure social bodies in purely financial terms; that they can be managed like traditional businesses; that they can be transformed simply by throwing money at them Instead he argues for radical new attitudes & strategies using the analytical approach & clear thinking that lie at the heart of Good to Great