Leadership, Management and Command: Rethinking D-Day [Hardcover]

The author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers.PART ONE: LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND COMMAND AT D-DAY: Problems, Understanding and Decision-Making PART TWO: LEADERSHIP & WICKED PROBLEMS Western Allied Strategy: the Boxer and the Karateka Allied Air Strategy Planning to Mislead German Strategy- Hard Shell, Soft Shell Allied Ground Strategy PART THREE: MANAGING TAME PROBLEMS Mobilizing the Anglo-Canadians, the Commonwealth, and the Volunteers. Mobilizing the Americans - Technology and the Iceberg Mobilizing the Germans: The Wehrmacht and the SS Managing Logistics - 'Bag, vomit, one.' Technologies PART FOUR: COMMANDING IN CRISES Commanding The Airborne Assaults Amphibious Landings PART FIVE: RETROSPECTIVE Post-D-Day

Keith Grint consistently publishes leadership books that are important, insightful and invigorating - this book is no exception. It will

fascinate leadership scholars and military historians alike. In fact, it is a timely reminder of the power of combining erudite theoretical analysis with meticulous and highly contextualised historical research. Professor Grint skilfully crafts the timeless lessons that can be derived from the D-Day experience. My only hope is that these will be properly learned and heeded by political, military and business leaders so that we can all benefit from them. Dr Brad Jackson, Professor of Leadership, The University of Auckland Business School

'This is a fascinating and highly readable book which re-examines D-Day through the lens of Wicked, Tame and Critical problems - a new language about the relationship between Leadership. Management and Command. The complex issues facing both the high command and junior commanders are explored in impressive and lCs