Bleeding talent : how the US military mismanages great leaders and why it's time for a revolution /

Bleeding talent : how the US military mismanages great leaders and why it's time for a revolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kane, Tim.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description:	xii, 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership. Command of troops. Leadership -- United States. Command of troops. Leadership. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8950303

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ISBN:	9780230391277 0230391273
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book will shape the debate on how to save the military from itself. The first part recognizes, indeed celebrates, what the military has done well in attracting and developing leadership talent. The book then examines the causes and consequences of the modern military's stifling personnel system, with a close look at strategic failures in Iraq and Afghanistan. The book also reports a new survey of active duty officers (done by the author) that reports what is driving the best and brightest to leave the service in frustration. Solutions round out the book, grounded in an economic emphasis on market forces"-- "A revolutionary look at how the armed forces need to update management policies"--

Table of Contents:

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Cautionary Tale
Chapter 2. The Paradox of Military Leadership
Chapter 3. Entrepreneurs in Uniform
Chapter 4. Exodus
Chapter 5. It's Not Business, It's Personnel
Chapter 6. Winning Battles, Losing Wars
Chapter 7. Coercion
Chapter 8. War Machines
Chapter 9. Measuring Merit
Appendix: Survey of West Point Graduates
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index