Allard Battling for Competitive Advantage

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-65354-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Praise for Battling for Competitive Advantage
"[Battling for Competitive Advantage] systematically unravels andexplains the complexities of modern business and warfare. Thisexcellent book will prove helpful to business leaders as well asthe academic community charged with explaining successfulleadership of large organizations."
-General Barry R. McCaffrey, U.S.A. (Ret.), Professor ofInternational Security Studies at West Point and NBC NewsCommentator
"Colonel Ken Allard doesn't just have supreme militaryintelligence, his operational brilliance extends to the businessworld as well. Battling for Competitive Advantage teaches you thatbusiness is war and that Ken is the perfect commander-in-chief tofollow into your business battles."
-Ron Insana, Coanchor, CNBC's Business Center
"In war, they don't give out medals for second place. In business,as in war, you can't win without first surviving. [This book]offers the hard-won wisdom from one warrior's world to another.Read, laugh, squirm, survive, and win!"
-Scott A. Snook, Associate Professor, Organizational BehaviorHarvard Business School
"In the post-9/11, post-Enron environment, Ken Allard's TenCommandments of Military Leadership are directly applicable totoday's business CEOs."
-Tom Petrie, Chairman and CEO, Petrie Parkman & Co.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allard, Kenneth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.
PART I: BUSINESS AS WAR
2. Worlds Apart?
3. War As An Audit.
4. Building Leaders of Character.
PART II: LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS AND WAR.
5. Strategy: Deliver Us From Process.
6. Organizing For Victory: While Shooting As Few Bureaucrats AsPossible.
PART III: THE TOOLS.
7. Business Intelligence: Another Damned Ting They Didn't TeachYou In B School.
8. The other Side of the Coin: Enterprise Security.
9. Testing Your METL: Or What To Do When The Mission Really IsEssential.
10. Putting It All Together.
Epilogue: The After Action Review (AAR).
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

KENNETH ALLARD, a former army colonel, is a well-known commentator on international security issues, strategy, and military matters, regularly appearing on NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC. As one of the star attractions of Leading Authorities, Inc., a major speakers bureau, he appears before a wide range of business audiences around the country. He is an adjunct professor in the National Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Dr. Allard holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and an MPA from Harvard University. He was dean of students, National War College (1993-1994).