Structural case studies on states, companies, and civilizations, analyzed through Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) and OS Organizational Design Theory.
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why do violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way in a newly founded state? 2. Abstract In a newly founded state, violence and order formation proceed together in an undifferentiated way because public order has not yet been fully … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why must the founding stage secure the minimum conditions of command, population, and legitimacy before pursuing institutional completeness? 2. Abstract In the founding stage, the minimum conditions of command, population, and legitimacy must be secured before institutional completeness, because institutions function only … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is the role of a founder not to preserve order first, but to bring order into being? 2. Abstract The role of a founder is not first to preserve order, but to bring order into being, because at the founding stage … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does the founding of a city require, more than walls or land, a shared story that unites the community? 2. Abstract A city requires, more than walls or land, a shared story that unites the community because a city is not … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does a founding state become strong not only through bloodline legitimacy, but through a structure that incorporates outsiders? 2. Abstract A founding state becomes strong not only through bloodline legitimacy, but through a structure that incorporates outsiders, because the highest priority … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why must a founding community prioritize population growth and integration capacity over purity? 2. Abstract A founding community must prioritize population growth and integration capacity over purity, such as bloodline purity or origin-based purity, because the first task of a founding state … Read more
A Problem Setting for Connecting Zhenguan Zhengyao to Machiavelli 1. Question In OS Organizational Design Theory, Zhenguan Zhengyao is treated as an important foundational text for the principles of politics in the preservation phase. Then how should the politics of the founding phase be treated? 2. Abstract Emperor Taizong of Tang, who became the model … Read more
A Structural Analysis of Governing Popular Sentiment in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Why can the people’s support not be gained by coercive methods, and why must governance be based on the ruler’s virtue? 2. Abstract In Zhenguan Zhengyao, Emperor Taizong discusses the governance of the people with his senior ministers. In these discussions, it is … Read more
The Shift from External Control to Internal Control in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Why does preservation become more difficult than founding? 2. Abstract In Zhenguan Zhengyao, Emperor Taizong asks his senior ministers which is more difficult: founding or preservation. Fang Xuanling, who shared the hardships of the founding period with Taizong, answers, “founding.” Wei Zheng, … Read more
The Structural Function of “Virtue” in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Can virtue be understood only as an ethical concept, or can it also be understood as a control variable that stabilizes a governance system? 2. Abstract In Zhenguan Zhengyao, Emperor Taizong considered virtue to be as necessary as talent for governance in the preservation phase. … Read more
