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Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation

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Defense Innovation Processes

Modern systems have become so complicated that they could only arise from teams of highly specialized personnel using rigorous management control systems. Defense innovation processes did not stress the career path of employees and how they contribute to military solutions. In 1965, Rand analyst Thomas K. Glennon bucketed the technological development process into two categories: top down and bottom up.

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