A Structural Analysis of Personnel Evaluation in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Why do rewards and punishments serve as a device by which the OS, a decision-making governing institution, maintains itself? 2. Abstract In an organization, personnel evaluation, rewards, and punishments are not merely matters of human resource administration. Whom the organization rewards, whom it punishes, … Read more
1. Question If an organization gathers excellent talent, will it avoid collapse? 2. Abstract An organization does not exist simply to gather talented individuals. It exists to connect different abilities, generate productive interaction among them, and achieve results greater than what any one individual could produce alone. In reality, however, an organization does not become … Read more
A Method for Translating Zhenguan Zhengyao into Modern Organizational Theory 1. Question What kind of abstraction is necessary to translate Zhenguan Zhengyao, a classic of Eastern statecraft, into modern organizational theory? 2. Research Abstract Zhenguan Zhengyao is a record of the words and actions of Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin), the second emperor of … Read more
1. Core Question Is Machiavelli’s proposition — “forced promises do not need to be kept” — really correct? 2. Abstract In Chapter 42 of Book III of Discourses, Machiavelli presents the proposition that forced promises do not need to be kept.However, a promise is not merely a spoken statement. It is the visible form of … Read more
1. Problem Awareness What is personal growth? At first glance, this question appears simple. In reality, however, it is not easy to define. In general, growth is often understood as the accumulation of success, the overcoming of hardship, or the mere passage of time through experience. Yet actual life does not support such a simple … Read more
