...book is a reiteration of Sun Tzu’s philosophy from the ancient book The Art of War which is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy. It influenced eastern military thinking and emphasized the most efficient way of gaining victory with the least amount of conflict. The original text is purposely made obscure and difficult to understand, so that Sun Tzu remained employed, as the king would need him for interpretation. Although it has a mixture of profound philosophy and detailed tactical prescriptions that are great for battles about 2500 years ago, the book is also useful today. The teaching of Sun Tzu is powerful: it will not only instruct us, but also reveal where we stand and how to approach a problem, how to deal with adversity, and how to handle the whims of fate. The author, Chin-Ning Chu, perfectly applied Sun Tzu’s theory to integrate our styles and personal philosophy into every action we take. She provided examples, references, and anecdotes that were not available in the original book The Art of War. This book is written particularly for women because women have the ability to negotiate and they are able to be modest and understand that silence is golden. This book will guide us to use the full spectrum of the strategies that are contained in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War with a holistic approach to winning. This book contains 13 chapters and our team covered chapter 1 through 6. Book Summary Chapter 1 The strategies in...
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...Sun Tzu believed that to win a war without a battle the general has to apply properly his moral strength and intellectual faculty to attack the mind of the enemy. Before engaging in war the skilled commander has to conduct a thorough preparatory work. Sun Tzu distinguishes a number of conditions, which are critical to succeed: - The general has to possess the most accurate and full information about the enemy. The power of accurate information and knowledge of the enemy (his strategy, plans and actions) is essential. Sun Tzu said: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will perish in every battle. (Chapter 3, P.84. 31-33) By having knowledge of the enemy’s needs and weaknesses, general can leverage all of the factors at his disposition to show the enemy what he wants to see. He can create an illusion that what he shows the enemy is what the...
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...Sun Tzu's The Art of War Written 500 years B.C., The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu during the Spring and Autumn period. The treatise is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of the warfare. For hundreds of years, Sun Tzu’s classic treatise have been used and applied over and over again, not only in military operations, but in all aspects of the human life-to include economic, social and political relations. The Art of War is among the most ancient books published, yet its influence and success continue to amaze the world. The book has been translated and published in almost all languages of the world and its principles have been applied to all walks of life. Indeed, Sun Tzu registered a tremendous influence on both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Even in his times, Sun Tzu had recognized the importance of positioning in strategy as affected by both the physical environment and the opinions of all players in that environment. Sun Tzu taught that tactics is more important that actions-planning must concentrate on tactics. He taught that the strategy is not to a plan course of action, but rather to establish quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations. The following are five of the 13 principles of Sun Tzu in the Art...
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...Chapter 2: Waging War [Ts`ao Kung has the note: "He who wishes to fight must first count the cost," which prepares us for the discovery that the subject of the chapter is not what we might expect from the title, but is primarily a consideration of ways and means.] 1. Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, [The "swift chariots" were lightly built and, according to Chang Yu, used for the attack; the "heavy chariots" were heavier, and designed for purposes of defense. Li Ch`uan, it is true, says that the latter were light, but this seems hardly probable. It is interesting to note the analogies between early Chinese warfare and that of the Homeric Greeks. In each case, the war- chariot was the important factor, forming as it did the nucleus round which was grouped a certain number of foot-soldiers. With regard to the numbers given here, we are informed that each swift chariot was accompanied by 75 footmen, and each heavy chariot by 25 footmen, so that the whole army would be divided up into a thousand battalions, each consisting of two chariots and a hundred men.] with provisions enough to carry them a thousand LI, [2.78 modern LI go to a mile. The length may have varied slightly since Sun Tzu's time.] the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armor...
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...Inexperienced Leadership | Chapter 1 Introduction Overview of Organization The Logistics Squadron is a consolidated logistics squadron providing supply, vehicle and readiness support to the Wing, tenant units and agencies. The guiding principles utilized in the performance of the organization are as follows; a. Mission Statement: A military organization dedicated to providing logistical support to our Joint Service Community. b. Vision Statement: Provide quality service to our customers in support of their missions. c. Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork and Excellence. The squadron provides direction and management of base logistics processes related to cargo mapping, equipment, fueling operations, vehicle dispatch and deployment planning. The function of the squadron is to manage the overall supplies of the wing and effectively manage its inventories. It is a part of the Air National Guard, Wing with over 150 personnel encompassing, active military, traditional guardsmen and civilians. The Logistics Readiness Officer who: a. Provides oversight of the internal storage and external shipping of logistics supply activities for the Wing b. Is responsible for managing and staffing the Material Management Flight for the logistics supply and information sections c. Actively oversees and manages proper implementation of unit programs for supply and the issue of all mobility bag assets d. Administers procedures...
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...1.0 Introduction International Business Machines, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16, 1911, is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. Now, the chairman and CEO of IBM Company is Samuel J Palmisano. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM has been well known as one of the world's largest computer companies and systems integrators. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is one of the largest and most profitable information technology employers in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based Technology Company and has eight research laboratories worldwide. The company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries. IBM employees have earned Five Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. IBM competitors IBM's main competitors are Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) but each of these companies has a different focus area. Dell makes most of its money on PC and server hardware, while Hewlett-Packard is more diversified as the leader in PCs and Imaging & Printing as well as offering IT services. Since IBM relies heavily on...
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...Chapter 1 Introduction Overview of Organization The ABC Logistics Squadron is a consolidated logistics squadron providing supply, vehicle and readiness support to the ABC Wing, tenant units and agencies. The guiding principles utilized in the performance of the organization are as follows; a. Mission Statement: A military organization dedicated to providing logistical support to our Joint Service Community. b. Vision Statement: Provide quality service to our customers in support of their missions. c. Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork and Excellence. The squadron provides direction and management of base logistics processes related to cargo mapping, equipment, fueling operations, vehicle dispatch and deployment planning. The function of the squadron is to manage the overall supplies of the wing and effectively manage its inventories. It is a part of the Air National Guard, ABC Wing with over 150 personnel encompassing, active military, traditional guardsmen and civilians. Currently, I am the Logistics Readiness Officer who: a. Provides oversight of the internal storage and external shipping of logistics supply activities for the ABC Wing b. Is responsible for managing and staffing the Material Management Flight for the logistics supply and information sections c. Actively oversees and manages proper implementation of unit programs for supply and the issue of all mobility bag assets d. Administers procedures, programming and staffing of individuals...
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...1.0 Introduction Domino’s Pizza, is the largest pizza-delivery company in the world. Mainly in the United States with over 5,700 units, it can also be found in 58 countries which include Indonesia, Singapore, China and also, Malaysia. Domino’s is famous for its Crunchy Thin Crust and also for its professional delivery services. The first Domino’s Pizza Malaysia was officially launched by the founder, Tom Monaghan on September 1997. Currently, there are 54 Domino’s outlets across Penang, Perak, Selangor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Domino’s mission statement is to be the leader in delivering off-premise pizza convenience to consumers around the world. They have set to accomplish their mission by being fanatical about product quality and service consistency, providing product variety to meet all customer needs, placing team member and customer safety and security above all other concerns, creating an environment in which all team members feel valued (because they are), building and maintaining relationship that rewards franchisees and other partners for their contributions. 2.0 Content A successful business is better to be first than it is to be better. If it couldn’t be in the first category, set up a new category that it can be first in as marketing is not about battle of products, it’s a battle of perceptions. Hence, the most powerful concept in marketing is to own a word in the prospect mind as 2 companies should not own the same word in consumer’s mind. ...
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...The principles he set forth can be taken into consideration to apply to the management of organizations today. An organization is more stable if members have the right to express their differences and solve their conflicts within it while one person can begin an organization, "it is lasting when it is left in the care of many and when many desire to maintain it." A weak manager can follow a strong one, but not another weak one, and maintain authority. A manager seeking to change an established organization "should retain at least a shadow of the ancient customs." Another classic work that offers insights to modem managers is The Art of War, written by the Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu more than 2,000 years ago. It was modified and used by Mao Zedong, who founded the People's Republic of China in l949. Among Sun Tzu's dictum are the following: When the enemy advances. we retreat! when the enemy halts we harass! When the enemy seeks to avoid battle, we attack! When the enemy retreats, we pursue! Although these rules were meant to guide military strategy, they have been...
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...Throughout time, the term and understanding of management has been questioned, modified and tested. Today, management can be developed and placed nearly anywhere in a workplace and is essential in the efficiency and effectiveness of any company. From the early thoughts Sun Tzu, Scientists like Fredrick Winslow Taylor to the theories of Mcgregor; the true definition of management is not yet set in stone. This report’s goal is to study and describe the many definitions of management, try to comprehend the reasons for their individual differences and/or similarities and it will also observe business ethics throughout this evolution. The theory of scientific management was the creation of Frederick Winslow Taylor (1911, pg 7): ‘Management is an art of knowing what to do, when to do and see that it is done in the best and cheapest way’. The theory and its belief was that there is one best way to do a task and by using scientific methods that ‘one best way’ can be established. F.W Taylor ‘was the first to synthesize and systematize the best that was known about the management of men and to point out the techniques by which art might be advanced in the future’(Aitken,1960,p.35), thus showing that Taylor was ahead of his time with his thinking about management and understood that management was an art. Hoxie argued however, that “Scientific management, fully and properly applied inevitably tends to the constant breakdown of the established craft and craftsmanship and the constant...
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...The Art of War In everything that we do in our life, first thing that we should do is to make plans on how we’re going to do a thing, when will do it, where we will do it, why we’re doing it and what’s the purpose of doing it. Sun Tzu emphasized the importance of positioning in military strategy. The decision to position an army must be based on both objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective beliefs of other, competitive actors in that environment. He thought that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through an established list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment; but in a changing environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations. In the first chapter of the Art of War talks about laying plans or the calculations. Planning explores the five fundamental factors (the way, seasons, terrain, leadership and management) and seven elements that determine the outcomes of military engagement. By thinking, assessing and comparing these points, a commander can calculate his chances of victory. Habitual deviation from these calculations will ensure failure via improper action. The text stresses that war is a very grave matter for the state and must not be commenced without due consideration. In waging war or the challenge explains how to understand the economy of warfare and how success requires winning decisive engagements quickly. It...
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...FOUNDATIONS OF TAOIST PRACTICE by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart When you try to define Taoism, you immediately run into trouble. The great Taoist philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, begins his first chapter with the warning words, The Tao that can be described is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. Thus Westerners are not the only ones who have a hard time defining Taoism; the Chinese have had difficulty time agreeing on just what Taoism is for millenia. Taoism is sometimes defined as a ritualistic religion, as a philosophy, as Chinese folk religion, as alchemy, as a system of magical lore, or as a series of health practices similar to yoga. The adherants of each school often look with disdain on the others as being heterodoxy, heresy, or simply incomplete portions of the great Tao. The Chinese word Tao (pronounced "dow") means "the way, the path." In the common sense it refers to the way of doing anything, or the pathway to some destination. In its higher meaning, Tao refers to the way of the universe, the way things are. As a spiritual system, Tao means the way to achieving a true understanding of the nature of mind and reality, to the way of living in harmony with the changes of Nature. Thus the Tao is the goal, the path and the journey all in one. A Taoist then, is "a follower of the Way," the same title by which the early Buddhists and Christians dubbed themselves. The earliest Taoists appeared at least four thousand years...
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... | Unit Code &Unit Title: | UBMM1011 SUN ZI’S ART OF WAR AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES | 2. | Course of Study: | Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting (AC)Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) (BBA)Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Banking & Finance (BF)Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Entrepreneurship (EN)Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Financial Economics (FE)Bachelor of Finance (Hons) (FN)Bachelor of Marketing (Hons) (MK)Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) Psychology (PY)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Education (EL)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Education (ED)Bachelor of Science (Hons) Chemistry (CE)Bachelor of Science (Hons) Statistical Computing and Operations Research (SC)Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biotechnology (BT)Bachelor of Science (Hons) Microbiology (MB)Bachelor of Science (Hons) Construction Management (CM)Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronic Engineering (EE)Bachelor of Information Tchnology (Hons) Communications And Networking (CN)Bachelor of Computer Science & Information Systems (Hons) (CS) | 3. | Year of Study: | Y2T1/T2 (BAC) Y1T2/T3 (BBA) Y2T1/T2 (BBF) Y2T1/T2 (BEN)Y2T1/T2 (BFE) Y1T3 (BFN) Y2T1/T2 (BMK) Y3T2 (PY)Y3T1/T2 (EL) Y1T1/T2/T3 (ED) Y1T1/T2/T3 (CE) Y2T1/T2 (SC) Y1T1/T2 (BT) Y1T1/T2 (MB) Y1T1/T2 (CM) Y1T1/T2/T3 (EE)Y1T2/T3 (CN) Y1T1 (CS) | 4. | Year and Semester: | 201205 | 5. ...
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...Using the information asset valuation/impact evaluation method presented in chapter 8, conduct a preliminary risk assessment of the organization’s critical information. Answer each of the questions covered in the chapter. What would it cost if the organization lost all of their data? [Insert Answers Here] The cost would honestly be potential loss of human life, therefore Billions. 1. What is risk management? A process that identifies vulnerabilities in an organization’s information system and takes carefully reasoned steps to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all components in the organization’s information system. 2. List and describe the key areas of concern for risk management. Risk identification, risk assessment, and risk control 3. Why is identification of risks, through a listing of assets and their vulnerabilities, so important to the risk management process? 4. According to Sun Tzu, what two things must be achieved to secure information assets successfully? Know Yourself and know the enemy. 5. Who is responsible for risk management in an organization? 6. Which community of interest usually takes the lead in information asset risk management? 7. Which community of interest usually provides the resources used when undertaking information asset risk management? The resources used when undertaking information asset risk management is usually provided by all three communities: Information Security, Information Technology and General...
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...Chapter 4 1. Risk management is the process of identifying risk, as represented by vulnerabilities, to an organization’s information assets and infrastructure, and taking steps to reduce this risk to an acceptable level. 2. According to Sun Tzu, the two key understandings we must achieve to be successful in battle are Know Yourself and know the enemy. Know yourself First, you must identify, examine, and understand the information and systems currently in place within your organization. This is self-evident. To protect assets, which are defined here as information and the systems that use, store, and transmit information, you must know what they are, how they add value to the organization, and to which vulnerabilities they are susceptible. Once you know what you have, you can identify what you are already doing to protect it. Just because a control is in place does not necessarily mean that the asset is protected. Frequently, organizations implement control mechanisms but then neglect the necessary periodic review, revision, and maintenance. The policies, education and training programs, and technologies that protect information must be carefully maintained and administered to ensure that they remain effective. Know the Enemy Having identified your organization’s assets and weaknesses, you move on to Sun Tzu’s second step: Know the enemy. This means identifying, examining, and understanding the threats facing the organization. You must determine which threat aspects most...
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