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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4
EAN: 9780066619798
ISBN: 0066619793
Label: Collins Business
Manufacturer: Collins Business
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: May 01, 2001
Publisher: Collins Business
Release Date: April 24, 2001
Studio: Collins Business
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Amazon.com Review:
Several business bestsellers in recent years have been books about warfare strategy and tactics. Sun Tsu's Art of War and Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings are titles widely recommended for insight and inspiration preparatory to corporate battle. In Corps Business, author David Freedman examines the organization and culture of the United States Marine Corps and sees "the best management training program in America."
For this book Freedman, a senior editor at Forbes ASAP and author of Brainmakers, trained with the Corps and interviewed scores of marines of every rank to discover 31 management principles "built around simple truths about human nature and the uncertainties of dynamic environments.... The Marines are used to facing entrenched enemies, short time-frames, chaotic conflicts, and unfavorable terrain --all of which have come to be hallmarks of the New Economy." Some of the ideas that Freedman encountered include Principle No. 1: "Aim for the 70-percent solution. It's better to decide quickly on an imperfect plan than to roll out a perfect plan when it's too late"; Principle No. 13: "Manage by end state and intent. Tell people what needs to be accomplished and why, and leave the details to them"; and Principle No. 21: "Establish a core identity. Everyone in the organization should feel they're performing an aspect of the same job." It's hard to argue with two centuries of battlefield success, and the wisdom and time-tested management philosophy dissected here should be a valuable prescriptive for any organization hell-bent on winning. --Scott Harrison
Product Description:
Fast. Motivated. Hard-hitting.
That's what every business wants to be. And that's why the U.S. Marines excel in every mission American throws at them, no matter how tough the odds. In Corps Business, journalist David H. Freeman identifies the Marine's simple but devastatingly effective principles for managing people and resources -- and ultimately winning. Freedman discusses such techniques as "the rule of three," "managing by end state," and the "70% solution," to show how they can be applied to business solutions.
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Extensive citations for sources and periodic disclosures over how the author observed and collected the info gives this effort a lot of credibility IMO. The format is also very focused, with short, readable sections detailing guiding principles and background, some example applications the author observed and then clearly boxed translations to how this might be applied elsewhere. That all makes for a book that delivers exactly what the title promises.
Although the accuracy and usage ... Read More
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"It takes a moment for it to sink in that this young man just said he admires his boss enough to die for him." - _Corps Business_.
There seems to be a dirth of real leadership in the business world today. We talk a lot about management but not much about leading and motivating people. The result seems to be a style of management that sees the bottom line as more important than the people who do the work. Our benchmarks for management are other companies like our own measuring "better ... Read More
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That's not cause there's something wrong with analysis, but rather because journalists aren't trained for it. Who's Mr Freedman? A successful businessman? No. A Navy man? No. He's a journalist. Why should I care for his ideas on the Marine Corps/Business tactics? This overwordy book reads like a Time article, gibber-jabber; who's got time for that.
Anyway, if curious, go to a store and thumb through, don't go by positive reviews here (I doubt they're real; looks more like they're by friends/publisher's ... Read More
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I was born in the Corps. My old man was a jarhead. If what Freedman reports is true I dont believe my dad would recognize today's Corps from what it was during Korea. From what I know of the other services, Freedman may be telling the truth. But what he writes reminds me of the blarney bloviated by companies like...say...WAL-MART. I worked for WAL-MART, and what they practice aint what they preach. Theyre not evil but much of their PR is hype. And this book comes across as PR hype. The idea of the Corps being "Care Bears" ... Read More
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This book will help you improve your results. It's filled with sound advice. But you can read the whole book and not understand the essence of what makes the Marine Corps great and if that's what you're looking for, this isn't the book for you.
What makes the Marines a great organization isn't 30 management techniques. It's a culture of excellence, inculcated first during initial training and then reinforced every day.
So you can use any or all of these techniques and not get the results that Marines ... Read More
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