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.
INDISPENSABLE: WHEN LEADERS REALLY MATTER by Gautam Mukunda (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2012, 320 pages)
Will your next leader be insignificant—or indispensable? Te importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate: Are they made by history, or do they make it? In this book, Mukunda, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, looks at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference. Mukunda profiles a variety of historic and modern
figures—including Tomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and groundbreaking cancer researcher Dr. Judah Folk- man—telling the stories of how they rose to importance and how they made the most critical decisions of their lives. He analyzes their careers, identifies lessons to be learned, and reveals how an individual in a certain place at a certain time can save or destroy an organization and even change the course of history.
SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION: BUILDING AND EXECUTING AN INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY by J. Paul Dittmann (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2012, 256 pages)
Given that a company’s supply chain accounts for about 60 percent of its total costs, it is perhaps alarming that few organizations integrate supply chains in their business strategies; thousands of U.S. companies never even consider supply chain strategies. From this sobering fact, Dittmann, a bestselling author, former business
executive, and now Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee, sets out to provide a comprehensive tool kit for creating and maintaining a customized supply chain system that improves the flow of materials and infor- mation. His book lays out an eight-step process that addresses everything from analyses of comprehensive strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the competitive supply chain, to harnessing new technologies and winning organizational acceptance.
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MEDICAL LOGISTICS IN A NEW THEATER OF OPERATIONS: AN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM CASE STUDY by MAJ Douglas H. Galuszka (Fort Leavenworth, KS: School of Advanced Military Studies, 2012, 78 pages)
Galuszka examines in detail the medical logistics system that supported U.S. Forces in the maneuver phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, starting with a review of logistical lessons learned from World War II to the Gulf War. He describes the creation and execution of the medical logistical support system
in Qatar and Kuwait, from site selection for the regional medical logistical warehouse in summer 2002 through the maneuver phase of the ground war. Galuszka concludes that the medical logistics support system was not functioning properly when the ground war began. He cites several factors, chiefly the late arrival of medical logistics units into Kuwait, and presents recommendations for future operations.
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