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The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness
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The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

by Scott Watson
May 2007
Intermediate to advanced
200 pages
3h 58m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Chapter 5. Conduct Strategic Assessments

Conduct Strategic Assessments
 

The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one with the most strategic factors on his side. The one who figures on inability to prevail at headquarters before doing battle is the one who has the least strategic factors on his side. The one with many strategic factors in his favor wins, the one with few strategic factors in his favor loses — how much more so for the one with no strategic factors in his favor. Observing this matter in this way, I can see who will win and who will lose.

 
 --Sun Tzu

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The cornerstone of every security program is the accurate and ...

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ISBN: 9780750679855