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Jamie Schwandt suggests that it is the structured nature of MDMP which prevents the modern US military from exploiting the ambiguity that can be found on the battlefield. He feels that the rigidity of ...

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Discover how partnerships handle decision making through consensus, democracy, or delegation, and the impact of business structure on these processes.

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Your star employee just quit, and with them went the institutional knowledge behind your company’s most profitable product line. The decisions that led to its success? Lost forever. This scenario ...

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