Scuttle Your Ships Before Advancing
Scuttle Your Ships Before Advancing
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This study advances the premise that many of the challenges faced by business managers today have been confronted in the past. It draws parallels with famous historical events in order to examine the risks of decision-making, institutional cycles of power and decline, and other issues.
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Scuttle Your Ships Before Advancing by Richard A Luecke
What can today's business managers learn from the past? A great deal, according to Richard Luecke, and in Scuttle Your Ships, he advances the premise that many of the challenges faced by management today have been confronted before by major figures in history. Drawing parallels with Admiral Yamamoto's defeat at Midway, Hernan Cortes's gamble for the Aztec Empire, Hadrian's consolidation of the Roman Empire, and the English victory at Agincourt, the book examines rapid revolutionary change, the risks of decision making, institutional cycles of rise and decline, the power of new ideas, and many other challenges faced by modern business leaders. Making clear connections between historical facts and the recent experiences of major companies, this is the ideal book for all who would manage and lead in the 1990s and beyond.
`a bold intellectual tapestry disclosing the special relevance of history for today's business managers.. This work is fun to read, educational and gripping, rare traits in a "business" work.' Publishers Weekly
`Richard Luecke ... has entertainingly brought together a handful of instructive historical episodes for those struggling to cope with late 20th century corporate change.' Tim Dickson, Financial Times Review of Business Books
`The purpose of this book is to show how today's managers can learn from historic leaders and events ... Luecke uncovers parallels between experiences of modern corporations and outcomes of the strategies of historic leaders. Managers with a passion for history will relish this book.' Business Age
`Richard Luecke ... has entertainingly brought together a handful of instructive historical episodes for those struggling to cope with late 20th century corporate change.' Tim Dickson, Financial Times Review of Business Books
`The purpose of this book is to show how today's managers can learn from historic leaders and events ... Luecke uncovers parallels between experiences of modern corporations and outcomes of the strategies of historic leaders. Managers with a passion for history will relish this book.' Business Age
Richard Luecke is a freelance business writer and former editor of books on management, finance, and innovation.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195084085 |
| ISBN 10 | 019508408X |
| Title | Scuttle Your Ships Before Advancing |
| Author | Richard A Luecke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1994-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |