Scuttle Your Ships Before Advancing: And Other Lessons from History on Leadership and Change for Today's Managers

by Richard A. Luecke

Book Overview

In the spring of 1942, Japan's Admiral Yamamoto devised an ingenious strategy to attack Midway Island and deliver the knockout punch of the war in the Pacific. His elegant operational plan--which involved elaborate traps and diversions and required clockwork coordination--was founded on complete faith that he could predict the Americans' every move. But the perfect plan went wrong, and Japan's elite Strike Force was crushed, losing four carriers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019508408X
• ISBN13: 9780195084085
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Good book - and many fine lessons

This books takes its title from the Spanish conquest of Central America where (I think it was Cortez...it's been a while since I read the book). The Spanish came ashore with the idea of conquering the indigenous population and scuttled their ships in order to wipe out any chance of restreat. What's interesting is the weaving of history and management styles. A book worth reading if you wonder what comes next in management fads. They've all been pretty much tried...and the book makes this abundantly clear.