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Most people are very familiar with Winston Churchill but may not be familiar with his “agile” approach to project management and his skills as a PM in the summer of 1940. With an invasion imminent, Part 16 looked at how Churchill’s organization prepared itself for the air battle to meet his short-term objectives of staving off the invasion. This article looks at how Lord Beaverbrook and his leadership style made an immediate impact at the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP).
The U.K. economy was in spite of everything on a civilian footing: Household goods and new automobiles were still being built and diverting critical manufacturing resources and raw materials. Churchill had to prioritize fighter production over everything--even bomber production, which the Air Ministry had been prioritizing.
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