Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines

Corps Business is an entertaining read. I was turned on to the book by our corporate attorney a few years ago. It provides a practical approach to the anxieties and pitfalls of planning. It provides guidance on how much planning is enough and provides clear insight into the do's and don'ts of planning. An interesting side benefit is the insight it sheds on the Marine Corps for those who might not be familiar with the organization. This book applies to anyone. This last copy I bought went to the minister in training in our congregation who is struggling with planning programs and events.

this is the second copy that I bought for myself. I used to work for Microsoft, and while there I bought 30 copies for my team and made it a required reading. there are some things not taught in the business world today that the Marine Corps teaches even its youngest members - like taking direction and doing what's best to reach the final objective. I am tired of my present team coming to me and asking for instructions on Every Single Thing.Recommended to any new college grad, new manager, new director or person new to a business.

This is one of my favorite books, a great guide for new leaders. I particularly like the simple aspects like its not good enough to plan for success, you have to plan to avoid failure. That lesson alone has served me well in leadership positions over the past 20 yrs.I have just bought this book again (4th or 5th time now I think) because whenever I loan it out, it never comes back.

This might not be the "management guru advisory" that some academics would recommend but when you look at 235 years of developing one of the best managed and most successful fighting forces in the world it just might have something in it for how we manage business and our own lives. There is a lot more to it than just "search and destroy". Civility, support, purpose, flexibility and common sense have a lot to do with it.

People often balk at reading a book based on the military but EVERYONE I have given this book to have loved it and use it. Corps Business and Semper Fi are excellent reading and demonstrate basic and time tested management and leadership approaches without the typical BS from 'flavour of the day' consulting books.

Through all the fluff and hype "business" books out there this one is the best. It's required reading for my staff

Excellent exploration of the relationship of the training and values of the USMC as they can be applied to business management. It is interesting to see this clear and concise presentation of this relationship.

Very interesting and informative book. I found it to be one the best management style books that I can seem to relate to.

David H. Freedman's 'Corps Business' is an excellent collection of management principles, based on the more or less current practice (most examples go up to 1999) of the US Marine Corps. While the 'business' the US Marines engage in is fundamentally different to that of most private sector companies, the principles are both broadly applicable, as well as reasonably timeless - and as such well worth knowing about.The book is organized into a storyline of US Marines management practices, following areas such as training, recruiting, tactics, etc. The principles are then distilled along the way, and always demonstrated with sufficient examples to make them plastic enough for the reader to follow. On top of this the author attempts to produce mini cases of the same principles being successfully used in the private sector. While I definitely applaud the approach, some of the examples certainly raise eyebrows, as quite some of these praised companies have either vanished, or fallen into disrepute in the meantime.While the author - like the Corps - is a believer in case studies as a learning method, I find the conclusion that this is the best way to learn in a business environment problematic at best. The reason being that unlike organizations like the Marine Corps, most individuals in private business never get much opportunity to experiment and learn from cases constantly in a 'safe' learning environment before applying them live in the real world and consequently often have a dangerously limited repertoir of cases to base their analysis and actions on.Another small criticism is that the author clearly has next to no understanding of the military and that his research focused more on the primary purpose of the book - the management principles - and not at all on getting the equipment details right.In spite of this, I find the book an excellent guide for managers from various fields - from senior management engaged in organizational design, to HR or HR development managers looking to improve the training, recruitment and retention practices in their company. What is especially refreshing is seeing a well rounded, holistic and sustainable concept, which demonstrably works even under difficult conditions (and without the benefit of many private sector inducements). That the book reads fairly well and that the depth and scope are very well atuned to the purpose at hand, are just added benefits. The book may not suffice as an in-depth change guide per se but will provide enough food for thought for an experienced management team to make helpful adjustments to their own organization after studying it.

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