The Art of Transparency

Author: Shao Shiqing
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Transparency is the essential characteristic of the information age. Leaders of this era need to master the art of transparency. Promoting organizational transparency and dismantling the barriers of interaction are tasks for leaders. Work from a glass house and let the organization's operations take place in the sunlight. In times of change, transparent leadership will enable the organization to gain the ability to respond quickly. This book elaborates on the theory of transparent management and how various departments can implement it.
The Prelude to Transparent Management: The Historical Evolution of Management Theory
Management is both a science and an art. Transparent management is not water without a source or a tree without roots; it is also a mighty river formed by the convergence of countless streams. In the new era, the new economic century, whoever masters the art of transparency will be favored by the times; whoever earns the new art of transparent management will be the master of the era; and whoever maximizes the art of transparency will become the master of wealth.
Being a master or a owner, however, requires starting from infancy, and theory also evolves from history. Management almost emerged alongside human society, born from common labor and collective collaboration in human communities. Wherever there are gatherings of people, there is management. As Marx said, "A machine is the product of the collaborative labor of many individuals. The connection and unity of the process must inevitably be expressed in the will of a single commander, in functions that are unrelated to the partial labor but are related to the entire activity of the workshop, just as an orchestra needs a conductor."