Business advice mandatory reading on navy staff.

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At a time when the Navy is struggling to define its priorities and is plagued by cost overruns in its shipbuilding programs, the chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Mullen, has told every flag officer on his staff to read "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done." Written by former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy and two other authors, "Execution" asserts that the fundamental difference between a company and its competitors...