Why the emphasis and big push on Business Transformation?
We are managing a global crisis in a time of fiscal constraints, and we are concerned about our stewardship of the nation’s resources. To become more effective and efficient, the times demand we transform the way we do business. We don’t have a window of opportunity, and we don’t have the luxury of being able to stop the train we’re on. We have to do these things simultaneously. The notion of continuous change and embedding a process of introspection in the management of the Army is something that we absolutely have to do. Businesses have been doing it for years. You can’t tell Wall Street to give you a hiatus while you reorganize for six months. Our ultimate customer is the Soldier in the field. So getting the Soldier the equipment, the training, the doctrine, the warfighting techniques that he or she needs, and putting him or her in the right organization are essential means to becoming more effective and efficient in the way we conduct business. The overall goal of Business Transfor
