The Marine Corps Way: Using Maneuver Warfare to Lead a Winning Organization
Combined Arms
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Use information technology to add value to resources that you enjoy and a competitor lacks.
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Provide an initial common training ”shared foundation.
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Cross-train and move employees regularly to create mutual trust and implicit understanding throughout the organization.
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Don t let employees stagnate in one job by leaving them there for too long.
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Bring critical functions in-house and assemble custom-tailored teams to capitalize on emerging market opportunities.
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The complexity associated with combining different resources requires an even more comprehensive and even more integrated use of information.
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Air, artillery , and direct fire in a SEAD mission
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Marketing, sales, production, and distribution in a new product launch
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Align incentives to promote cooperation across divisions.
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Practice, practice, practice.
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And when you are done practicing, throw a happy hour .
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Ensure communications systems offer flexibility and reliability needed to meet the task at hand.