RECOMMENDED READING LIST OFF THE SHELF
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rmy leaders have always encouraged their Soldiers to read. Even—and especially—in this age of information overload, the pursuit of knowledge through books is essential to develop a fuller
understanding of acquisition, logistics and technology. In the words of GEN Raymond T. Odierno, chief of staff of the Army,
“We can never spend too much time reading and thinking about the Army profession and its interaction with the world
at large. … Tere is simply no better way to prepare for the future than a disciplined, focused commitment to a personal course of reading, study, thought, and reflection.” On that note, we publish “Off the Shelf” as a regular feature to bring you recommended reading from Army AL&T professionals. For this issue, we had the able assistance of the Defense Acquisition University Knowledge Repository Reference Librarian Team.
DOING RESEARCH THAT MATTERS: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MANAGEMENT by Marco Busi (Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2013, 200 pages)
Busi, who has a doctorate in supply chain performance management, looks at an old issue from a new perspective, taking a cross-disciplinary approach to learning how we can contribute to shaping the future of management. In his quest to become a better management innovator, the author reviews the work of management gurus Rob Goffee, Robert Kaplan, Barbara Kellerman, Philip Kotler, John Kotter, Howard Gardner, Costas Markides, Roger Martin, Henry Mintzberg and David Ulrich; Nobel laureates Gerhard Ertl, Douglas Osheroff, Elinor Ostrom, Jack Szostak and Harald zur Hausen; and world-renowned astrophysicist Margherita Hack. Busi shares the wisdom he gained from interviews with these luminaries to highlight patterns in how pioneers identify a problem worth researching, generate an outcome worth spreading and conduct a career worth having.
THE LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TOOLKIT: OVER 90 TOOLS FOR TRANSPORT, WAREHOUS- ING AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT by Gwynne Richards and Susan Grinsted (Philadelphia, PA: Kogan Page, 2013, 328 pages)
To run successful logistics operations, managers need a breadth of knowledge of the tools and techniques for maintaining efficiency in the supply chain. Tis handbook provides logistics managers with a comprehensive set of tools to tackle many day-to-day issues in order to drive efficiency and business success in a busy, rapidly moving environment. Te authors offer quick, reliable advice and combine crucial logistics tools with key business techniques, including cause-and-effect and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analyses and Gantt charts. Te authors explain each tool, put it into context and provide examples of how to use it.
TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION: THE DISCIPLINE OF BUILDING BREAKTHROUGHS by Larry Keeley, Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn and Helen Walters (New York, NY: Wiley, 2013, 276 pages)
Looking at more than 2,000 successful innovators and innovations, including Cirque du Soleil, early IBM mainframes and the Model T Ford, the authors applied a proprietary algorithm and determined 10 meaningful groupings—the 10 types of innovation—that provide insight into what goes into making it happen. Te authors further explore patterns of innovation within industries.
Te book demonstrates how to look at powerful types of innovation that can be leveraged for competitive advantage and lays out fresh ways to think, then explains the actions that enable teams or firms to innovate reliably and repeatedly.
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