Boiled Journey to the West

Author: Guo Cheng
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book is witty yet sharp, simple yet profound, making it the ideal choice for management enthusiasts and HR professionals to easily enter the field. It is also a valuable resource for personal growth for leaders.
Liujun, Vice Dean of School of Management, Shenzhen University and Director of Institute of Human Resources
The value of a book lies in inspiring thinking and guiding behavior. Guo Cheng's book integrates seemingly obscure management theories into the well-known story of the Journey to the West. It is humorous, engaging, and thought-provoking, offering insights that go beyond laughter.
Xia Jinghua, Postdoctoral Researcher and Director of AMT Research Institute
This book covers a wealth of information while remaining concise, lively, and beautifully written. I highly recommend it to those in leadership positions and other professionals.
Wang Hanjing, Training Manager of Mettler-Toledo China
This book combines humor and wisdom, embedding profound truths in casual conversations. Author Guo Cheng uses the Journey to the West as a backdrop to explore the challenges businesses face in an easy-to-understand manner. Reading it provides both enlightenment and enjoyment, making it a truly exceptional book.
Liang Weicheng, Training Manager of CMA International Real Estate
Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West is widely known, with its dramatic plot and profound meaning. The author's extensive knowledge and skillful writing are truly admirable. However, from a modern management perspective, we can see that the Journey to the West is also a modern management encyclopedia.
The author Guo Cheng, from the perspective of a trainer, interprets the Journey to the West as a management textbook that integrates leadership, team building, project management, and customer service. This book abandons the common approach of conforming to or deconstructing classic literature. Instead, it extracts segments and blends them with humorous and insightful language, along with management theories.
For example, the Monkey King's rebellion in Heaven was actually the fault of the leaders; Wei Zheng's funeral was an excellent case study in project management; High Elder's Village and Flower Fruit Mountain were early business groups; and the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva was a master of time management.
In The Journey to the West, the four disciples transform into highly skilled management consultants. Tang Monk, in turn, becomes the leader of the "Four Heroes on the Journey," a team that deeply understands the secrets of leadership, is far-sighted, and embodies the perfect leader. The three disciples represent three types of employees and subordinates.
At the same time, Monkey is a project management professional with exceptional execution skills. Pigsmile makes him a customer service expert, while Sandy is a highly skilled HR manager.
The Journey to the West integrates the essence of modern management, excels in visual thinking, and combines entertainment with knowledge. It allows us to gain the truth of management through laughter. It is also beneficial for hardworking employees and managers. Reading it will undoubtedly help us achieve the "true scriptures" of management.