Augustine's Laws
Drawing heavily upon the author's experiences in managing aerospace projects as well as his years in government, this tongue-in-cheek, witty text addresses unmistakably real management issues that are deserving of attention.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Augustine's Laws
List of Sidebars
Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End
- LAW NUMBER I
Chapter 2: Wait Till Last Year
- LAW NUMBER II
Chapter 3: Easy Doesn't It
- LAW NUMBER III
Chapter 4: Madison Avenue Crosses Wall Street
- LAW NUMBER IV
Chapter 5: Striving to Be Average
- LAW NUMBER V
Chapter 6: A Hungry Dog Hunts Best
- LAW NUMBER VI
Chapter 7: What Goes Up Stays Up
- LAW NUMBER VII
Chapter 8: Certain Uncertainty
- LAW NUMBER VIII
Chapter 9: FYI
- LAW NUMBER IX
Chapter 10: A Lawyer in the House
- LAW NUMBER X
Chapter 11: Meetings Dismissed
- LAW NUMBER XI
Chapter 12: The Secret of Quality
- LAW NUMBER XII
Chapter 13: Malice in Wonderland
- LAW NUMBER XIII
Chapter 14: All Started by a Spark
- LAW NUMBER XIV
Chapter 15: Very Marginal Costs
- LAW NUMBER XV
Chapter 16: The High Cost of Buying
- LAW NUMBER XVI
Chapter 17: Bit by Bit
- LAW NUMBER XVII
Chapter 18: The Reliability of Unreliability
- LAW NUMBER XVIII
Chapter 19: Too Late Smart
- LAW NUMBER XIX
Chapter 20: Small Change
- LAW NUMBER XX
Chapter 21: You Can Bank on It
- LAW NUMBER XXI
Chapter 22: Buying High
- LAW NUMBER XXII
Chapter 23: The Reality of the Fantasy Factor
- LAW NUMBER XXIII
Chapter 24: Buying Time
- LAW NUMBER XXIV
Chapter 25: Just in Time
- LAW NUMBER XXV
Chapter 26: Piled High
- LAW NUMBER XXVI
Chapter 27: Hail on the Chief
- LAW NUMBER XXVII
Chapter 28: The Amoeba Instinct
- LAW NUMBER XXVIII
Chapter 29: The Half-Life of a Manager
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