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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians – Part 1

Logistics in War

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. Strategy is a concept of relating means to end; it is complex and subtle and is about thinking, vision, learning as opposed to planning. Strategic failure.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. Strategy is a concept of relating means to end; it is complex and subtle and is about thinking, vision, learning as opposed to planning. By David Beaumont.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Moreover, the factors and issues described here deal with the complexity of generating institutional strategy (as distinct from a military or operational strategy) and leadership within a complex environment. Realised strategy is usually a combination of what was intended and what was learned along the way. Strategic failure.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

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This issue is one among many examined by Dr Stephan Fruhling, Australian National University, in a recent paper ‘Sovereign Defence Industry Capabilities, Independent Operations and the Future of Australian Defence Strategy.’ This article was originally posted in 2017. This article was originally posted in 2017.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations – is it time for a new ‘national support agenda’?

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This issue is one among many examined by Dr Stephan Fruhling, Australian National University, in a recent paper ‘Sovereign Defence Industry Capabilities, Independent Operations and the Future of Australian Defence Strategy.’ 1] These paraphrased points are summarised at Fruhling, S., 1] These paraphrased points are summarised at Fruhling, S.,