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The art of war in contemporary business strategy based on a major study of asean corporations. The art of war is a chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century bc by sun tzu. Sunzi was a chinese general, military strategist, writer and philosopher who lived in the eastern zhou period of ancient china. He is president of freshdirect, the fastgrowing new yorkarea online. Sun tzus art of war an ancient chinese philosopherwarriors rules for successes in battle, is considered required reading at business schools in japan, and increasingly throughout the world. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. Applying sun tzus art of war in human resource management. On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough.
In todays competitive business world, you must capture the high ground and defend it against your rivals. According as circumstances are favorable, one should modify ones plans. Powerful strategy and business lessons from the art of. Sun tzu s advice is so broadly applicable that there is no single sun tzu approach to management. Most people know sun tzu from the world famous book, the art of war. Despite managing a small team, you need greater management skills to manage your team. He was originally born sun wu, the son of an aristocrat during the spring and autumn period of ancient china. Powerful strategy and business lessons from the art of war by sun tzu published on august 24, 2015 august 24, 2015 128 likes 17 comments.
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