In Business and Battle : Strategic Leadership in the Civilian and Military Spheres

Highlights the interaction between top strategic leadership in the commercial, civilian and military spheres. This title demonstrates how, in a globalised world, a multinational, multicultural and multisectoral tactic can provide the golden thread of effective strategy and leadership; how simple insights can be refined from complexity.

The UK''s Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) annual programme unites senior personnel from around the world who are preparing for the highest responsibilities in civilian and military spheres. Each year, representatives of some fifty countries share on average over a thousand years of experience in some of the most complex and demanding environments on earth. In Business and Battle is the synthesis of the expert analysis and experience of participants in that programme, tested and sharpened by extensive international field work and coupled with contributions by first-rate presenters external to the programme. It deals with strategy and top level strategic leadership together and views them from multinational, multicultural and multisectoral perspectives. In so doing, it pushes the boundaries beyond a mere description of commercial, civilian and military strategic environments; it provides extensive and deep insights into how to interpret and shape those environments.