Leadership, Management and Command: Rethinking D-DayThe author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers. |
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... strategy and matériel should be resisted in the same way that we should avoid explaining German defeat simply through their inferior strategy and matériel . We often attribute success and failure of organizations , armies and countries ...
... strategy and matériel should be resisted in the same way that we should avoid explaining German defeat simply through their inferior strategy and matériel . We often attribute success and failure of organizations , armies and countries ...
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... strategic requirement soon embroiled large numbers of Allied political and military leaders in all kinds of feuds about personal domination over resources and strategy . For the most part the Allied air leaders were unimpressed with the ...
... strategic requirement soon embroiled large numbers of Allied political and military leaders in all kinds of feuds about personal domination over resources and strategy . For the most part the Allied air leaders were unimpressed with the ...
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... strategy embodied by the Atlantic Wall and once again highlight the extent to which the strategy was a consequence of Leadership decisions , rather than being determined by the situation or a matter of chance . Those decisions were ...
... strategy embodied by the Atlantic Wall and once again highlight the extent to which the strategy was a consequence of Leadership decisions , rather than being determined by the situation or a matter of chance . Those decisions were ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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