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Management article
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Reference no. 90402
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1990

Abstract

This review of Military Misfortunes, a study of well-known military disasters by Eliot A. Cohen and John Epoch, finds many important parallels for business strategists. Among them: 1) the roots of failure are embedded in the way a military force is organized to plan and operate; 2) organizational learning means changing the routines that regulate corporate activity, communication, and the use of information; and 3) the best intelligence reveals what your enemy is fighting for as well as how it fights.

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Abstract

This review of Military Misfortunes, a study of well-known military disasters by Eliot A. Cohen and John Epoch, finds many important parallels for business strategists. Among them: 1) the roots of failure are embedded in the way a military force is organized to plan and operate; 2) organizational learning means changing the routines that regulate corporate activity, communication, and the use of information; and 3) the best intelligence reveals what your enemy is fighting for as well as how it fights.

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