| It highlights the sources of inspiration
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| | including the business world.
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| and guidance that are available from
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| | Also known as William Ding, Lei is the
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| management and leadership gurus born in
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| | founder and head of Netease.com, the
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| the East, who have individually and
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| | Chinese portal that focuses on on-line
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| collectively made as great a contribution
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| | gaming and pc to phone messaging. Lei,
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| as the more well-known, more commercially
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| | still in his 30s, is one of the new wave
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| promoted, American gurus. Many of the
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| | of young Asian entrepreneurs who are
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| Western gurus have based their theories
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| | leading the development of internet based
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| and models on the original ideas of the
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| | businesses. His ideas on how to manage in
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| leading thinkers from India, China,
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| | the internet environment are fast
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| Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Also,
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| | becoming the template which most
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| as we shall see here, some of the
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| | organisations in this field are adopting.
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| so-called Western gurus were in fact from
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| | Mayo spent his early academic life in his
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| Central or Eastern Asia or the Pacific
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| | native Australia, where he forged a
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| Basin. This article gives an insight into
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| | reputation as a leading thinker in the
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| just a few of this influential group of
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| | areas of logic, ethics, and psychology.
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| original thinkers.
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| | In his forties he moved to America where
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| Mistakenly considered by many to be one
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| | he eventually taught at Harvard as a
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| of the American gurus, Ansoff was in fact
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| | professor of industrial research. Mayo is
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| born in Russia but moved to the USA with
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| | now acclaimed as the father of the Human
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| his family when he was 18. There he
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| | Relations school of management, being the
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| studied and later obtained a PhD in
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| | first major voice advocating a move away
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| Mathematics, worked for the Rand
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| | from the scientific management approach
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| Corporation and then the Lockheed
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| | towards a more humanistic one. He is also
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| Aircraft Corporation, before moving into
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| | credited with being the first to
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| academia in the USA and Europe. Ansoff is
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| | recognise that flexible, responsive,
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| best known for establishing strategy as a
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| | learning organisations were likely to be
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| management discipline, and for laying the
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| | more successful in an increasingly
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| foundations of modern strategic planning
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| | fast-changing business world.
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| techniques. His approach was, in his
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| | Morita left the security of his family's
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| time, criticised for being too focused on
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| | sake business to start a small
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| analytical and planning techniques, but
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| | electronics company so that he could
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| is now highly regarded as appropriate for
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| | continue what had been until then his
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| the fast-changing, complex business world
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| | amateur enthusiast interest in
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| of today.
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| | electronics. He formed a company called
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| Hu-Chan is an international management
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| | Tokyo Tshsushin Kyogu, later to be
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| consultant, executive coach, speaker, and
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| | changed to Sony. Pursuing a policy of
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| leadership development educator.
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| | risk, innovation, creativity, and
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| Specialising in coaching in
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| | intuition, Morita built Sony into one of
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| cross-cultural leadership, she has become
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| | the modern world's industrial giants. It
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| a leader herself in the new discipline of
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| | was Morita, through the success of Sony,
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| executive coaching. Through her
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| | who put Japanese innovation into the
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| individual and team coaching activities,
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| | world's consciousness. At the same time,
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| Ms Hu-Chan has influenced the strategies
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| | Morita has contributed enormously to the
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| of major corporations and public sector
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| | world of management and leadership,
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| bodies, in North and South America,
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| | through the lessons learned from the
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| Australia, and Asia.
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| | success of Sony.
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| Born in India, Ghoshal forged a
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| | One of Japan's most respected management
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| reputation as a brilliant thinker whilst
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| | gurus, Nonaka is the Dean of the School
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| studying at MIT and Harvard, and then
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| | of Knowledge Science at the Japan
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| teaching at MIT, INSEAD, and the London
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| | Advanced Institute of Science and
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| Business School. In partnership with
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| | Technology. Developing earlier thinking
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| Christopher Bartlett of Harvard he first
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| | by Drucker and others, his ideas on
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| came to prominence as a leading thinker
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| | knowledge-creation and innovation
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| on international strategy and then
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| | generating processes in organisations has
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| developed this further to stress the
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| | helped to consolidate the establishment
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| importance of innovation and the
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| | of Knowledge Management as our newest
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| empowerment of people as the key to
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| | major management discipline. Few
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| creating a moral and value-creating
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| | organisations have embraced every aspect
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| organisation. Ghoshal was considered to
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| | of Nonaka's vision, but those that have
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| be one of the leading thinkers in the
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| | are reaping huge benefits from building
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| field of how business must focus on
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| | the active management of knowledge into
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| relationship building and innovation,
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| | their strategies and structures.
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| rather than operational efficiencies, to
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| | Ohmae has pioneered modern approaches to
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| be successful. Revered in India, Europe,
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| | strategic management, focusing on the
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| and the United States, Ghoshal played a
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| | role of the strategist, the three key
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| major role in shaping the behaviour of
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| | players of organisation, customer, and
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| the first tranche of today's global
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| | competition, and how to gain strategic
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| companies.
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| | advantage. His background is diverse,
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| His own name would not be recognised by
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| | covering gaining a PhD in Nuclear
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| hardly any member of the general public,
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| | Engineering, leading the Tokyo branch of
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| his company IKEA is a name recognised by
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| | McKinsey Consulting, acting as an advisor
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| most. Kamprad is also known in the world
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| | to the Japanese Prime Minister, and being
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| of academia and business as having
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| | an accomplished clarinet player. Ohmae's
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| established a model for successful
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| | ideas have had a major impact on the way
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| entrepreneurship. He took his personal
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| | in which leading managers think and
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| values, developed from the harsh
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| | behave today. His emphasis on strategists
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| upbringing in his native Smaland in
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| | needing to be intuitive, innovative, and
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| Sweden, and turned these into a set of
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| | creative are now the norm, and are
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| concepts that laid down how he wanted his
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| | required reading for managers and leaders
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| company to be managed and how he wanted
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| | in industry and in politics.
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| his workers to behave. Called A Furniture
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| | Taguchi's importance is in his
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| Dealer's Testament, it is a list of
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| | development of the Quality Management
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| simple but powerful statements that can
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| | approach introduced into Japan by Deming
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| be applied to most entrepreneurial
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| | and Juran, and pushing the quality
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| projects.
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| | control activity backwards into the
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| Kartajaya is the founder of Indonesia's
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| | supplier and design stages, so
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| leading consulting firm, and past
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| | establishing one of the foundation stones
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| president of the World Marketing
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| | of what we practice as Quality Assurance.
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| Association. His thinking on marketing
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| | He also proposed a more holistic approach
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| management is now incorporated into most
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| | to quality improvement, and in doing so
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| masters level marketing courses.
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| | made a major contribution to what
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| Kartajaya has worked in writing
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| | eventually became known as Kaizen, or
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| partnership with Philip Kottler, one of
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| | Continuous Improvement.
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| the most respected marketing gurus,
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| | Now recognised as the source of much of
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| focusing on the application of marketing
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| | today's leadership and strategic
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| concepts and principles in the Asian
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| | management thinking, Sun Tzu was a
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| markets. One of his major lines of
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| | military general in China at the time of
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| thinking is that to stay as the market
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| | Confucius. His writings, known as The Art
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| leader, the organisation must act as if
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| | Of War (Sun Tzu Ping Fa) are a
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| it is not the leader, and must constantly
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| | compilation of his reflections on the
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| challenge for the lead, even though they
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| | strategies and leadership behaviour that
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| have temporarily technically achieved
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| | underlie success in war. Translated into
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| that.
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| | to relate to today's business world, Sun
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| Best known for his innovative work in
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| | Tzu's thoughts on strategy, information
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| speech recognition technology for
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| | and intelligence, tactics, competition
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| Microsoft and establishing Google's
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| | and competitiveness, communication, and
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| document management and research centre
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| | leadership and management, have enormous
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| in Beijing, Lee has been an influential
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| | relevance and are followed by some of our
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| figure in the advancement of China's
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| | most successful leaders.
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| position in science and technology. He
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| | There are many worthy management and
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| has written on the benefits of combining
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| | leadership figures. Some are giants of
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| the ancient wisdoms and culture of the
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| | business, some are academics, some come
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| East with the established management and
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| | from the world of battle and war. In the
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| leadership approaches of the West, and
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| | West we tend to turn towards the European
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| the advantages to organisations in
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| | and North American gurus, perhaps because
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| building a culture of learning, personal
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| | many of them also become expert in the
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| empowerment and development of their
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| | art of self-promotion, perhaps because
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| people. He argues that both of these
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| | our natural tendency is to look to our
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| approaches will create balance in the
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| | own. However, there have been, are now,
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| organisation, in line with the Middle
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| | and will be, equally valuable
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| Way, one of the principles of the
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| | contributions from other parts of the
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| teachings of Confucius. Interestingly, he
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| | world. Here we have looked at some from
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| also talks about the importance of
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| | the East. They are great thinkers who we
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| viewing failure as a positive learning
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| | can learn much from. We should not ignore
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| experience, a concept that is still alien
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| | them.
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| to many elements of Western society
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