The McIntire School of 
Commerce



Old Cabell Hall


Co-Chairs:
Jeffrey C. Walker (McIntire’77), Managing Partner, JPMorgan Partners

Scott M. Kelley (McIntire ’83), Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Co-Sponsors:
John T. O’Connell (McIntire ’79), Executive Vice President and CFO, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company

Post Properties

Center for Growth Enterprises
Real Estate Center at the University of Virginia
Center for the Management of Information Technology

 
McIntire School of Commerce
April 27, 2001

Summary

McIntire’s 2001 spring symposium, “Creating and Sustaining Visionary Organizations,” focused on sustained corporate greatness, or visionary firms. The symposium built its foundation around a keynote presentation by Jim Collins, noted management educator, researcher, and author. In Built to Last (HarperBusiness, 1994), Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras describe a six-year research project that opened a window on visionary firms. These findings and the recent completion of Collins’ latest work, Good to Great (HarperBusiness, 2001), form the basis for this presentation.

Two related panels explored industry-specific and structural factors impacting corporate greatness. They discussed the topic of CEOs, assessing the transferability of Collins’ findings to the highly competitive and cyclical segments comprising the real estate industry. After this industry case study, the panels explored the barriers to sustained greatness inherent in certain corporate structures. Closing remarks by McIntire Dean Carl P. Zeithaml concluded the symposium.

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