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+title: History of Management
+published: 2024-07-21
+description: 'History of Management'
+image: './cover.png'
+tags: ["Management"]
+category: 'Management'
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+---
+
+My background of Physics told me to truly master a concept, one cannot ignore its origin. If I teach you Maxwell
+equations now you would end up with a blank mind. You need to start with "what is an electric charge", "what is a
+field", and "how a moving charge could produce magnetic field" so on and so forth. At the end of the day, you will be
+making a perfect sense of what Maxell equations mean. It it only through this way you can start applying Maxwell's
+equations and solve real-worl problems.
+
+Management, and everything else in our live, goes like this.
+
+[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management#History)
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+
+The field of management originated in ancient China, including possibly the first highly centralized bureaucratic state,
+and the earliest (by the second century BC) example of an administration based on merit through testing. Some theorists
+have cited ancient military texts as providing lessons for civilian managers. For example, Chinese general Sun Tzu in
+his 6th-century BC work The Art of War recommends[citation needed] (when re-phrased in modern terminology) being aware
+of and acting on strengths and weaknesses of both a manager's organization and a foe's.
+
+:::note[《孙子兵法，孙膑兵法》下载]
+[中华经典藏书.中华书局·电子书· PDF合集](https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/386890361)
+:::
+
+The writings of influential Chinese Legalist philosopher Shen Buhai (申子) may be considered to embody a rare premodern example
+of abstract theory of administration.
+
+:::note[Key Takeaway]
+[多读一读诸子百家的书籍](https://forum.freemdict.com/t/topic/24650/3)，发掘里面的管理学经验
+:::
+
+Various ancient and medieval civilizations produced
+"[mirrors for princes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrors_for_princes)" books, which aimed to advise new monarchs on
+how to govern. Examples includes _The Prince_ by Italian author Niccolò Machiavelli
+
+[Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3jk7uk/is_there_any_management_theory_literature_that_we/)
+--------
+
+in the De [Administrando Imperio](https://trello.com/c/cKS8d0bp) of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. Constantine had this
+written/compiled as advice to his son, Romanus. It functions as a practical manual, with a heavy foreign policy
+emphasis, on how to be a good emperor. Unlike some advice written by emperors and historians, this one is not a
+panegyric or solely praise; rather, it is candid and informative policy. Furthermore, it is (mostly) secular and
+research-based; though, the bit on the "obscene" and "blasphemous" Mohammed is obviously biased.
+
+R.J.H. Jenkins, in his introduction to the De Administrando Imperio, describes Constantine’s attempt at teaching
+"practical wisdom" to his son by:
+
+:::important[Scrutiny of the historical documents]
+writing or causing to be written histories of recent events and manuals of technical instruction on the various
+departments of business and administration… Documents from the files of every branch of the administration, from the
+foreign ministry, the treasury, the offices of ceremonial, were scrutinized and abstracted.
+:::
+
+One of its key elements was a "summary of the recent internal history, politics, and organization within the borders of
+the empire." Far from being a piece of rhetoric or self-absorbed thought, the document contains enormous, albeit
+intermittently erroneous, research and careful analysis. This is “no partial document of propaganda… to impress domestic
+or foreign circles."
+
+From Jenkins,
+
+> Provincial governors and imperial envoys wrote historical and topographical reports on the areas of their jurisdiction
+> or assignment. Foreign ambassadors were diligently questioned as to the affairs of their respective countries.
+
+One of the interesting things to note about the Administrando was its secret nature, having been written as advice for
+Constantine's son, Romanus; it acts as part succession letter, part compilation, and part "confidential"
+advice/information.
+
+As the emperor puts it,
+
+:::tip[On "Knowing the difference between being-managed"]
+it is not for those who wish to govern lawfully to copy and emulate what has been ill done by some out of ignorance or
+arrogance, but rather to have the glorious deeds of those who have ruled lawfully and righteously as noble pictures set
+up for an example to be copied, and after their pattern to strive himself also to direct all that he does... it may
+greatly advantage you… [to know] the difference between other nations, their origins and customs and manner of life, and
+the position and climate of the land they dwell in...
+:::