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Logistics Lessons from Alexander....?
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01-31-2006, 10:25 PM
An interesting thought.....
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02-03-2006, 11:36 AM
I'm always a bit worried when people start to use the army as a parallel to management, and I have read quite a few books on Alexander as an example for managers. Without exception, I found that I had wasted my time.

If someone's interested in Alexander's logistics, Donald Engels' book Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army (1978) is still the best, although it contains some strange errors.
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02-03-2006, 12:49 PM
It has been said that above all good generals are human resources managers.
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02-05-2006, 08:53 PM
Alexander was a very resourceful manager, he always kept important key workers after a take over....generally called Satraps....hehehe :lol:
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