Team of Teams

New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

290 pages

English language

Published Aug. 26, 2015

ISBN:
978-1-59184-748-9
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OCLC Number:
910936414

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As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the conventional, top-down hierarchy of the U.S. military. Al Qaeda had seen the future: a decentralized network that could move quickly and strike ruthlessly. To defeat such an enemy, JSOC would have to discard a century of management wisdom, and pivot from a pursuit of mechanical efficiency to organic adaptability. Under McChrystal's leadership, JSOC remade itself, in the midst of a grueling war, into something entirely new: a network that combined robust centralized communication with decentralized managerial authority. As a result, they beat back Al Qaeda. In this book, McChrystal …

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An excellent book on organizational management and the necessity to be flexible and adept in a complex world and environments. The two main takeaways: (1) build a shared consciousness, and (2) empower teams and individuals. I also enjoyed the anecdotes and case studies, they were all interesting and relevant and ranged from historic battles to airline disasters.

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Subjects

  • United States
  • Reorganization
  • Biography
  • Organizational behavior
  • Teams in the workplace
  • Decentralization in management
  • United States. Joint Special Operations Command
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Military administration

Places

  • United States