This article is referenced from "Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail"‚ Berglas 2008 Following Parkinson‚ it demonstrates that no amount of software automation will reduce the size of a bureaucracy. http://www.berglas.org/Articles/ImportantThatSoftwareFails/ImportantThatSoftwareFails.html Parkinson’s Law C. Northcote Parkinson C. Northcote Parkinson is Raffles Professor of History at the University of Singapore. This article first appeared in The Economist in November 1955. It
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Mahan’s intent is extremely conspicuous and he offers little qualification about his desire to increase the size and relevance the US Navy to achieve the interests of the state; however his theories are largely insufficient when examining a large amount of technological‚ geographic‚ and strategic factors. In his words‚ “Naval strategy has indeed for its end to found‚ support‚ and increase‚ as well in peace as in war‚ the sea power of a country.” He offers no scientific validity to his assumptions
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Military Technology Technology in the military has greatly increased strength and eased the ranking among world powers and effected the development of new military weapons. The term "Survival of the fittest" means that the strong will succeed but the meek will not‚ this is the case with military technology. The U.S. has the best technology in the world‚ therefore we are the highest military power. Technology is a very important part of warfare. Technology is driven by the military. The army’s
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historical facts were omitted‚ for instance‚ her true age during the period shown; her position against Catholic priests‚ one of the reasons why the Pope of that time gives the permission to Philip II to invade England; or the defeat of the British Navy‚ which plunged England into a bankruptcy of which had to go out with
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’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff Warner Books‚ 2002 Author ’s Page Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis‚ MD‚ and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense‚ Dr. William J. Perry. He served as Commander of 310 men and women aboard the USS Benfold in the Pacific Fleet. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001 and became the founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership‚ Inc.
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In 1788‚ Jones was asked by Catherine the Great to join the Russian Navy. He accepted‚ but requested that he became rear admiral. In 1789‚ John Paul Jones was discharged from the Russian Navy‚ and he returned to Paris. How would things go if a hero was forgotten about after their death? Things would probably not go very good. However‚ this happened to John Paul Jones‚ and things
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issue of British impressing our ships; they would take sailors from American ships and force them to serve in the British navy. One particular incident referred to as “The Leopard Affair” pushed Jefferson to enact the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson created this act in order to avoid war with Britain and to appease the public. He knew we would be no match against the British navy‚ so he figured we could protect ourselves from the English by way of this act. Although he had good intentions‚ Jefferson
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Why were the Japanese able to defeat the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore in 1942? The Japanese defeated the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore for a number of reasons. The British underestimated the Japanese and thought that Singapore was an impregnable fortress‚ meaning that they believed that Singapore was a country that could not be conquered. Therefore‚ they did not put much effort in trying to project Singapore. In this essay I will be comparing the Japanese and British
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300‚000 troops) could be killed before the War had even started. On May 27th the British Government‚ lead by Winston Churchill‚ began a plan named ‘Operation Dynamo’. The plan was to evacuate the troops to Britain by ship. Including ships of the Royal Navy‚ fishing boats and pleasure steamers were also used. Most of the soldiers were evacuated‚ but that doesn’t mean Dunkirk was a success; there were also a lot of points that contribute to the fact that Dunkirk could also be seen as a disaster. I think
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Duty Versus Choice in Billy Budd‚ Sailor The novel Billy Budd‚ Sailor is the story about the encounter of Billy Budd‚ a beautiful sailor who is popular on the warship Bellipotent‚ and finally died‚ because he killed the master-at-arms‚ Claggart‚ inadvertently. Actually Captain Vere‚ the captain of Bellipotent‚ likes Billy Budd‚ also‚ he knows that Billy is innocent. But according to his duty on the ship as a captain‚ he decides to push Billy to death. In the late 1700s‚ in Great Britain‚
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