Reasons for Napoleon's Success (to 1807).
Reasons for Napoleon's Success(to 1807) a) Napoleon's Strength - The Military Aspect i) Napoleon's Qualities of Leadership ii) The Changing Nature of War iii) The Development of the Grand Armee iv) The Development of Winning Tactics v) Weapons Training in the Grande Armee vi) Napoleon's Strategic Planning vii) Napoleon's Generalship b) Napoleon's Strength - the Civil Aspect c) The Enemies' Weakness - Allied Disunity i) The Second Coalition 1799 ii) The Third Coalition 1805 a) Napoleon's Strength - The Military Aspect i) Napoleon's Qualities of Leadership * One of Napoleon's great strengths as leader was the devotion of his men. His soldiers adored him. * Despite his generally unprepossessing appearance, when he wished to charm he could quickly win over anyone he met, however initially hostile they might be. Within a couple of days he had completely captivated the officers and crew of Bellerophon taking him to St. Helena in 1815, much alarming the British government. * One Admiral at that time exclaimed, "If he had an obtained an interview with His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in half an hour they would have been the best friends in England!" * His contemporaries had no doubt about the charismatic quality of leadership. His great adversary Wellington said to him that the moral effect of his presence in the field and worth an additional force of 40,000
Lecture notes - Strategy Making
Lecture Notes 1 Student Learning Objectives Upon completion of this lecture you will be able to: . Understand the concept of strategy. 2. Familiarize yourself with strategy as both a theoretical concept and a working tool 3. Trace the history of the development and use of the strategy concept 4. Explain the need for integrating analysis and intuition in strategy process. 5. Why is strategy important to me as a manager? 6. Identify the roles and responsibilities of strategic managers at different levels within the organization. 7. What are the main components of the strategic planning process? 8. Contrast the rational view of strategy with alternate views which describe strategy as an emergent process. 9. Why formal strategic planning may not always lead to success, and identify ways of avoiding some of the common pitfalls associated with strategic planning. 0. Be able to form cohesion of Cases to theoretical concepts. Reading Assignments Text Handout 1 1. What is Strategy and it is Important (Complete) Pages read all Handout 2 2. Strategy Paper (Complete) Pages read all Handout 3 3. Everything CIOs Need to Know About Strategy (Read about all famous strategist) Comprehensive Case Study 4. Coke and Pepsi Hundred year war. Short Cases 5. Jet Blue in US Airline industry 6. Block buster Video to Netflix competitive
