Laozi on “Tao"
Corporate Culture and "Tao"
Enterprises refer to the ideals and beliefs, value orientations, behaviors, and ethics held by enterprises and their employees when they are engaged in commodity production and commodity management, seeking nature and interacting with society. Its core is values. Chapter 57 of Lao Tzu said: "So the saint said: I do nothing, but the people are self-reliant; I am so quiet, but the people are upright." Chapter 28 said: "Seeing the element to hug, return to the Promise." 21 Zhang said: "I am in a trance, there is something in it." It has a profound impact on the corporate culture, corporate values, and the operation of the corporate body, and it is worthy of the attention of business people.
Laozi's View on "Ethics" and Enterprise Management
Laozi on "Virtue"
Lao Tzu said in Chapter 38: "Being virtuous without virtue is not virtuous; virtuous is not virtuous when virtuous, but virtuous is not virtuous when virtuous.
"Virtue" is a proposition in the human world. It is extracted from practice and can be counterproductive in practice. "Virtue" is a kind of value, and a correct philosophical view can affect all aspects of the world. As Lao Tzu said, it is possible to cultivate "in the body", "in the home", "in the village", "in the country", "in the world", which also includes management. For example, the idea of "doing nothing", business managers should understand it from a positive perspective and practice it artistically.
The concept of governing people and "morality"
Lao Tzu said in Chapter 60: "To govern a great country is to cook small dishes. To come to the world with the Tao, its ghosts are not gods; if the ghosts are not gods, their gods do not hurt people; their gods do not hurt people, nor do saints hurt people. Husband. The two do not hurt each other, so the virtues belong to each other."
"To govern a big country is like cooking small fresh food." Lao Tzu uses specific and metaphorical language to create contrasting effects to discuss such major issues as governing a big country. Governing a big country can be concretely made, by metaphors, and contrasting can be like cooking small fresh foods. It shows that people govern other things, such as governing society, governing careers, governing family business, and can be governed like cooking Xiaoxian, which of course also includes enterprises.
Management always acts through certain rules, systems, laws, rewards and punishments. As long as the “politics” cannot be overly “observed”, “the way is natural”, and the “cooking” of the rule of a large country cannot be too strong when cooking small dishes. If it is right, the management of the enterprise will be improper. The reason.
Organizational work and "ethics"
Chapter 32 of Lao Tzu said: "When the system is famous, the name is also present, and the husband will also stop. Knowing the stop is not perishable."
With the management organization and management system, the name of management is fixed. Now that the name is set and the division of labor is clear, all aspects of work should be restricted and know the end. Only in this way, management will not be dangerous.
Employment principle and "ethics"
The 68th chapter of Lao Tzu said: "He who makes good use of people is in the best position. It is an indisputable virtue, and it is the use of people's power."
People who are good at using people are humble to the next. This is a virtue that does not compete with others, and is good at using the power of others. "Those who make good use of people do what they need." It is about the principle of employing people, and it is also a question of the moral character that leaders should hold. Of course, you need to be a prophet before you hire. Chapter 33 of Lao Tzu said: "Knowing others is wise, and knowing one knows." Lao Tzu's employment standard is "Tao." The second chapter says: "Do nothing outside, teach without words." It is Lao Tzu's view of talent. As a good corporate leader, you must "save others". The twenty-seventh chapter of Lao Tzu said: "The saint always saves people with kindness, so there is no abandonment; when he always saves things with kindness, there is no abandonment."; Be good at discovering each other's strengths and advantages, so that there are no abandoned people in the world, and the same with things. This idea of Lao Tzu is very precious when used in business management.
Management foundation and "ethics"
The 63rd chapter of Lao Tzu said: "Pictures are more difficult than easy, but more detailed; difficult things in the world must be done easily; great things in the world must be done in detail." The same is true for corporate management, and the difficult things must be dealt with easily. Start with things; to achieve lofty corporate goals, we must start with subtle work.
Chapter 64 also says: "The hug wood is born at the end of the mill; the nine-story platform starts from the soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." All management must start from the foundation. The embracing wood is born in the millet, and the millet is slender, and bred into the pillars of the material. Enterprises need a high-quality team, an ideal, cultural, and disciplined workforce. Therefore, employee education, regardless of pre-employment or on-the-job education, is a basic task of enterprise management. Here, Lao Tzu's thoughts give us great enlightenment. （三和一善）（Kazuyoshi Miwa) （丸山修）
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