'the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms'/ A Primer In Chinese Initiative
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...a basis for a new Chinese emphasis on a nationalist-based theory of management and leadership strategy. By studying the strategies of Three Kingdoms protagonist Chuko Liang and contrasting his military and diplomatic skills with the bungling of the governments he eventually deposed, Chinese industrialists hope to impress upon their workers that, in the words of Anne Stevenson-Yang, "there is nothing foreign or Western about management leadership or strategy" (Stevenson-Yang, p. 50). This paper will examine how Chuko Liang's political and military strategy provides models for today's highly competitive global marketplace, and show how Chuko's trust and confidence in his generals provide models for a team-oriented and initiative-driven approach in industry. Certainly not all of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms falls in step with Western thought. For example, the book asserts that all occurrences are subject to the hidden directives of fate. This provides the justification for divining the future from the sexual deviance of hens, but it also would seemingly, to the Western mind, preclude any need for initiative or strategy, since all possible outcomes would seem to have been...
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