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Confucius on leadership
Author(s) -
Platts M. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
strategic change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1099-1697
pISSN - 1086-1718
DOI - 10.1002/jsc.4240030503
Subject(s) - management , term (time) , period (music) , sociology , political science , psychology , aesthetics , philosophy , economics , physics , quantum mechanics
Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War, written nearly 2500 years ago, is reputedly the world's most widely read manual on strategic thinking. Using the language of military manoeuvres it in fact discusses the management of long‐term social and psychological growth. The Tao Tě Ching, attributed to Lao Tzu in the same period, is an equally classic guide to the long‐term responsibilities and influence of leadership. Their near contemporary, Confucius, frequently mentioned but equally rarely read in the West, completes a trio of writings containing a profound understanding of the nature of human development, which merits more attention than it gets .