The University of Tennessee is no stranger to generals. Legendary football coach Robert Neyland, after all, was a West Point graduate who eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general.

In the last couple of years, though, UT has played host to a veritable constellation of one-, two-, three-, and four-star officers, an influx that has nothing to do with gridiron glory.

In recent years, the university’s Center for Executive Education — which is part of the College of Business Administration — has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch implement the kind of “lean” processes that are widely used to boost efficiency in the corporate world...Read More