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Author Mandeles, Mark David, 1950-

Title The development of the B-52 and jet propulsion : a case study in organizational innovation / Mark D. Mandeles.

Imprint Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., [1998]

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 Axe Archives Fed Docs  D 301.2:P 94    ---  Available
Description xv, 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note "March 1998."
G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
Form Also available via Internet.
Summary National security decision makers face an uncertain world where the accelerated growth of knowledge has changed the character of technological advance and destabilized long-standing relations within and among the military services. Dr Mandeles separates the principles that guide decision making from the proverbs through a case study of decision making in the early post-World War II period. This study examines the impact of organization on the invention and development of jet propulsion-in the form of the B-52-and illustrates both the organizational conditions conducive to developing new operational concepts and the organizational innovations necessary to implement new technology. This study also examines how the Air Force organized to learn and acquire new technology, how the Air Force conceived or identified problems, and how it organized to ensure management would respond to program failure or errors. Attention is devoted to the origins of the weapons system operational requirement, the initial concept of operation, the evolution of technology, organizational structure, and implementation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Aeronautics, Military -- Research -- United States -- History.
B-52 bomber -- Design and construction -- History.
Jet propulsion -- History.
Added Author Air University (U.S.). Press.
Other Form: Online version: Mandeles, Mark David, 1950- Development of the B-52 and jet propulsion. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., [1998] (OCoLC)645886203
Standard No. NLGGC 167640992
AU@ 000050474260
Gpo Item No. 0422-K (online)
Sudoc No. D 301.2:P94

 
    
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