By R. Grattan
This ebook investigates method formula through evaluating army & company practices. It assesses no matter if the tactic procedure within the enterprise box additionally prevails within the army context. in response to interviews and case stories, the writer makes use of a framework of affects together with association, management, possibility, concept and context to contemplate the parts of similarity and distinction. whereas major parallels are available, larger value is put on the formula of goals and pursuits, and the id and coaching of leaders within the army. this gives useful classes for company strategists.
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Yes No Sometimes ٗ ٗ ٗ 5 Is military history a useful guide in the practice of strategy formulation? Yes No Sometimes ٗ ٗ ٗ 6 Are biographies a useful guide to strategic thinking? Yes No Sometimes ٗ ٗ ٗ 7 Does the presence of a crisis affect the process? More top-down ٗ More consultative ٗ ٗ Other 8 How should one train future strategists? (Tick all that apply) Staff College ٗ Other academic ٗ PSO ٗ Planned career ٗ 9 How does the strategy process in business compare with that in the military? Very similar ٗ Somewhat similar Dissimilar ٗ ٗ 10 In what ways are they similar and in what ways are they dissimilar?
Thorngate acknowledged the pessimism of his impostulate and went on to suggest that the ‘insightful spectator will likely have more to offer than the plodding empiricist’ (1976, p. 408) because, in studies of social behaviour, the accuracy of results plotted against effort is asymptotic. For this work, the dangers are acknowledged, but are taken to be insufficiently serious as to undermine the conclusions, provided context dependencies are properly identified. Kahn (1960, p. ix) wrestled with the problem of ‘quantitative or qualitative’ research: ‘Some people appear to be very suspicious of calculations – and correctly so.
The second suggested itself from a personal involvement with a part of the company, and from the decision to write novel case studies. The Alenia Marconi case was constructed from information provided by the company, and little if any detail could be found in the business press. The company is not quoted on the London Stock Exchange because the shares are retained by its parents, British Aerospace and Finmeccanica, and there is no published annual report. On the one hand, therefore, the case study is open to bias, but, on the other, provides information on an otherwise closed company.
