D-Day: Those who Were ThereThe logistics of landing almost 250,000 men on a 60-mile stretch of heavily fortified coastline are almost unimaginable. By Whitsun 1944, Britain had began to resemble a vast military warehouse, with jeeps and trucks parked along what seemed like every road in the south and west of England, tanks ranked in carparks and forecourts, and rows upon rows of bombs stored under tarpaulin in fields - all labelled "Europe". The roads were jammed with soldiers in transit, all trains were requisitioned for the troops, and women knew that their menfolk 'somewhere in southern England' might be one of that perilous first wave across the Channel. |
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... problem . Management and Leadership , as two forms of authority rooted in the distinction between certainty and uncertainty , can also be related to Rittell and Webber's typology of Tame and Wicked Problems.30 A Tame Problem may be ...
... problem . Management and Leadership , as two forms of authority rooted in the distinction between certainty and uncertainty , can also be related to Rittell and Webber's typology of Tame and Wicked Problems.30 A Tame Problem may be ...
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... problem may be disputed by others but the model assumes that successful constitution of a problem as Wicked , Tame or Critical provides the framework for particular forms of authority . The model also represents the most likely variant ...
... problem may be disputed by others but the model assumes that successful constitution of a problem as Wicked , Tame or Critical provides the framework for particular forms of authority . The model also represents the most likely variant ...
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... problem implies that the deci- sion - maker cannot know what to do , and where he or she needs to know what process to deploy to engage the necessary collaborative effort to make some progress with the problem . Oftentimes Wicked Problems ...
... problem implies that the deci- sion - maker cannot know what to do , and where he or she needs to know what process to deploy to engage the necessary collaborative effort to make some progress with the problem . Oftentimes Wicked Problems ...
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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