Young Soeharto - Jenkins, David

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Résumé :
When a reluctant President Sukarno gave Lt Gen Soeharto full executive authority in March 1966, Indonesia was a deeply divided nation, fractured along ideological, class, religious and ethnic lines. Soeharto took a country in chaos, the largest in Southeast Asia, and transformed it into one of the Asian miracle economies-only to leave it back on the brink of ruin when he was forced from office thirty-two years later. Drawing on his astonishing range of interviews with leading Indonesian generals, former Imperial Japanese Army officers and men who served in the Dutch colonial army, as well as years of patient research in Dutch, Japanese, British, Indonesian and US archives, David Jenkins brings vividly to life the story of how a socially reticent but exceptionally determined young man from rural Java began his rise to power-an ascent which would be capped by thirty years (1968-98) as President of Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth. Soeharto was one of Asia's most brutal, most durable, most avaricious and most successful dictators. In the course of examining those aspects of his character, this book provides an accessible, highly readable introduction to the complex, but dramatic and utterly absorbing, social, political, religious, economic and military factors that have shaped, and which continue to shape, Indonesia.

Biographie:
David is the Principal of the Tri Helix Group, a niche consultancy practice that specialises in accelerating projects by facilitating meaningful and productive conversations to allow teams to make decisions and take action.David has developed a hands on approach to assisting managers unleash the full potential of their teams to deliver project outcomes. David's customised, innovative processes ensure total agreement, absolute alignment and complete engagement from the project team and stakeholders which in turn ensures successful project delivery.David has facilitated hundreds of workshops, for Australian and Global businesses with diverse organisations over multiple locations. This work includes:? Business improvement projects using methodologies such as Six Sigma and Change Management to increase performance ? Sustaining capital projects and Major growth projects where he helps to enhance the project life-cycle using best practice facilitation scenarios. David has published a number of books on leadership and project success and lectures an engineering masters program on stakeholder engagement.His work has included human resources, mine planning, operations, processing, rail infrastructure and maintenance improvement projects. He has also led a number of operational readiness studies at each stage of the project life-cycle. He has worked with Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Queensland Rail, BMA (BHPB Mitsubishi Alliance), X-Strata, Anglo America, CS Energy, Dalyrimple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT), Ford Australia, Minera Escondida Ltd (Chile), Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (PNG), BHP Iron Ore, BHP Petroleum, BlueScope Steel, Alcoa Aust.For more information go to www.trihelix.com.au