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Power and organisation

31 entries on OurWord tagged Power and organisation.

Power and organisationAlbert O. HirschmanAlbert O. Hirschman (United States · 1915-2012) — Voice. A German-born American…Power and organisationC. Northcote ParkinsonC. Northcote Parkinson (United Kingdom · 1909-1993) — Expansion. A British historian…Power and organisationCao CaoCao Cao (Late Han · 155–220) — Ability only. The novel made him the archetypal villain.…Power and organisationDuke Wen of JinDuke Wen of Jin (Spring and Autumn · died 628 BCE) — Taking advice. Ruler of the state of…Power and organisationFan ZhongyanFan Zhongyan (Northern Song · 989–1052) — Arguing the case. A Northern Song statesman…Power and organisationFeng DaoFeng Dao (Five Dynasties · 882–954) — Serving ten emperors. The hardest man in Chinese…Power and organisationGuan ZhongGuan Zhong (Spring and Autumn · 723–645 BC) — Granaries first. The first statesman in…Power and organisationGuo ZiyiGuo Ziyi (Tang · 697–781) — Great merit, no threat. The general who put down the An…Power and organisationHan FeiziHan Feizi (Warring States · 280–233 BC) — Law, method, position. The systematiser of…Power and organisationHannah ArendtHannah Arendt (1906–1975 · Germany to America) — Not thinking. Political thinker. In 1961…Power and organisationKing Wuling of ZhaoKing Wuling of Zhao (Warring States · Zhao · d. 295 BC) — Nomad dress. King of Zhao, one…Power and organisationLee Kuan YewLee Kuan Yew (Singapore · 1923–2015) — Survival first. In 1965 Singapore was expelled…Power and organisationLi BiLi Bi (Tang · 722–789) — Close in, never held. The most skilled survivor in the whole…Power and organisationLi ShiminLi Shimin (Tang · 598–649) — Taking counsel. The emperor most associated with actually…Power and organisationLiu BangLiu Bang (Han · 256–195 BC) — Using people. The most famous rise from nothing in Chinese…Power and organisationLiu XiuLiu Xiu (Eastern Han · 5 BC–AD 57) — Absorbing. Founder of the Eastern Han, known as…Power and organisationMenciusMencius (Warring States · 372–289 BC) — Winning the people. The man who turned Confucius…Power and organisationOtto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck (Prussia · 1815–1898) — Alliance geometry. The man who treated Europe…Power and organisationShang YangShang Yang (Warring States · 390–338 BC) — Credit before command. The designer and…Power and organisationThe Comprehensive MirrorThe Comprehensive Mirror (Northern Song · 1065–1084) — Why regimes fall. Sima Guang…Power and organisationThe Duke of ZhouThe Duke of Zhou (Early Zhou · c. 11th century BC) — Regency. Son of King Wen and brother…Power and organisationWei ZhengWei Zheng (Tang · 580–643) — Plain speaking. A leading minister of the early Tang, with…Power and organisationWu ZetianWu Zetian (Tang · 624–705) — Breaking the frame. The only woman to rule China as emperor…Power and organisationXiao HeXiao He (Western Han · died 193 BC) — The back office. Chancellor to the first Han…Power and organisationXunziXunzi (Warring States · 313–238 BC) — Shaped, not born. Mencius said people are naturally…Power and organisationYan YingYan Ying (Spring and Autumn · Qi · d. 500 BC) — Remonstrance. Chief minister of the state…Power and organisationZhang JuzhengZhang Juzheng (Ming · 1525–1582) — Reform and the reckoning. In two hundred and seventy…Power and organisationZhang LiangZhang Liang (Han · c. 250–186 BC) — Asking for less. The cleverest of the three men…Power and organisationZhu YuanzhangZhu Yuanzhang (Ming · 1328–1398) — Nothing to lose. The most complete rise from the…Power and organisationZhuge LiangZhuge Liang (Three Kingdoms · 181–234) — The Longzhong plan. The most admired…Power and organisationZichanZichan (Spring and Autumn · Zheng · d. 522 BC) — Standing on the rule. Gongsun Qiao…