Ancient Chinese Philosophy as a Source of Inspiration for Management

Huibert Man and Haijing Helen Haan

Chapter 20 in Another State of Mind, 2014, pp 265-278 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Ancient Chinese philosophy may be a valuable source of inspiration for contemporary management. Ideas from Confucian and Taoist wisdom may not directly offer us better management techniques or organization models, but they do help us discover the limits of the theory and practice of management, rooted in Western philosophical and ethical traditions, and broaden our view of management. For Western readers, this chapter may help them ‘to consider the possibility that another valid approach to thinking about the world exists and that it can serve as a mirror with which to examine their own beliefs and habits of mind,’ as Nisbett (2003, pp. xx–xxi) has suggested. The Chinese reader, who is likely to be familiar with the ideas dealt with in this chapter, might see our contribution as offering encouragement to rediscover the relevance of these ideas in a field that, even in China, is dominated by Western, especially North American, thinking.

Keywords: Chinese Philosophy; Confucian Ethic; Chinese Reader; Chinese Thinking; Confucian Virtue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137425829_20

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