Insights for managers from Confucius to Gandhi / Harold Bierman, Donald Schnedeker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bierman, Harold.

Contributor:

Schnedeker, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Philosophy.

Management.

Small business--Management.

Small business.

Physical Description:

xiii, 391 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique book brings together thoughts of great men and women, not found elsewhere as a complete set, that hold special interest for managers. The ideas contained within are universal and apply to all aspects of civilization, as such, they are relevant to both work and life. The book also provides prime examples of how influential thinkers use language to effectively convey their arguments and intentions - an arguably invaluable tool for modern managers. It serves as a source of indispensable advice for business professionals and the general public.

Contents:

ch. 1. Confucius. 1. Wit and wisdom

ch. 2. Laozi (also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Laotze) 1. The evidence of simplicity

ch. 3. Aristotle. 1. The subject of ethics is the good for man

ch. 4. Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki). 1. The tale of Genji - ch. I. - Kiritsubo

ch. 5. Bernier. 1. The divided horsecloth

ch. 6. Niccolo Machiavelli. 1. ch. XXII. - Ministers. 2. ch. XXV. - How far fortune influences the things of this world, and how far she may be resisted

ch. 7. Francis Bacon. 1. Of studies. 2. Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way. Explained of mediocrity in natural and moral philosophy

ch. 8. William Shakespeare. 1. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. III

ch. 9. Thomas Hobbes. 1. Introduction. 2. ch. IX. - Of the several subjects of knowledge. 3. ch. X. - On power, worth, dignity, honour, and worthiness

ch. 10. Rene Descartes. 1. Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason and seeking the truth in the sciences. 1.1. pt. I.

ch. 11 Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1. A discourse upon the origin and the foundation of the inequality among mankind

ch. 12. Adam Smith. 1. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Book I - Of the causes of improvement in the productive power of labour and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people. ch. I. - Of the division of labour. 2. ch. II. - Of the principle which gives occasion to the division of labour. 3. Book II - Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock. 3.1. Introduction. 4. ch. II. - Of restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home

ch. 13. George Washington. 1. Farewell address

ch. 14. John Adams. 1. Independence

ch. 15. Patrick Henry. 1. An appeal to arms. 2. Give me liberty, or give me death

ch. 16. Thomas Jefferson. 1. Inaugural address

ch. 17. Thomas Paine. 1. These are the times that try men's souls

ch. 18. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1. Self-reliance. 2. Compensation. 3. Power

ch. 19. Abraham Lincoln. 1. Lincoln at Gettysburg.

ch. 20. Karl Heinrich Marx. 1. ch. IV - Position of the communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties

ch. 21. Andrew Carnegie. 1. Labor - The upward march of labor. 2. The final relation between capital and labor - labor and capital partners

ch. 22. Alfred Marshall. 1. ch. V. - The scope of economics. 2. ch. VIII. - Industrial organization

ch. 23. Russell Conwell. 1. Acres of diamonds. ch. 24. Elbert Hubbard. 1. Publisher's preface. 2. Apologia. 3. A message to Garcia

ch. 25. Louis Brandeis. 1. Industrial democracy. 2. Absolutism in industry. ch. 26 Thorstein Veblen. 1. An early experiment in trusts

ch. 27. Alfred North Whitehead. 1. On foresight. 2. Requisites for social progress

ch. 28. O. Henry. 1. The gift of the Magi. 2. The unknown quantity

ch. 29. George Santayana. 1. The last puritan, a memoir in the form of a novel - Epilogue

ch. 30. Irving Fisher. 1. The risk element

ch. 31. W. E. B. DuBois. 1. The black United States

ch. 32. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi). 1. The birth of Satyagraha

ch. 33. Calvin Coolidge. 1. The supports of civilization. 2. Thought, the master of things. 3. The press under a free government. 4. Government and business

ch. 34. Alfred E. Smith. 1. Post-election radio address

ch. 35. Owen D. Young. 1. General electric develops a labor policy

ch. 36. William O. Douglas. 1. ch. I. - The forces of disorder. 1.1. Destructive forces in finance. 1.2. The "curse of bigness". 2. ch. V. - Corporation managements

ch. 37. Arthur E. Nilsson. 1. Making securities secure

ch. 38. Fred Schwed, Jr. 1. ch. VIII. - Investment - many questions and a few answers.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-4365-10-6

OCLC:

785777965