Refined management I

Author: Wang Zhongqiu et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In this book, the authors propose the concept of refined management as a systematic approach. We strive to integrate it with existing scientific management theories and counteract our past extensive management practices, aiming to establish some basic rules and operational strategies. "Refined" means removing the rough, continuously refining and carefully selecting to find the optimal solution to problems; "Detailed" means delving into the minutiae, tracing the root causes, and gradually breaking down to find the inherent connections and patterns within things. In other words, "Detailing" is the necessary path to refinement, while "Refinement" is the natural outcome of refinement. Refinement is a hurdle that Chinese enterprises must overcome. Regardless of the industry or company, without refinement, it is like grasping the branch to climb the tree—futile—in the increasingly fierce international competition. Facing the direct pressure of global economic integration, private enterprises lacking technical and financial advantages must achieve industrial specialization, management specialization, and capital specialization, adhering to the path of "refinement."
— Wu Jinglian
Maintaining a balance between the long-term and the short-term is the essence of management.
— (American) Jack Welch
Refinement is the inevitable path for the next decade.
— Wang Shiqi, Chairman of Vanke
In this book, the authors propose the concept of refined management as a systematic approach. We strive to integrate it with existing scientific management theories and counteract our past extensive management practices, aiming to establish some basic rules and operational strategies. "Refined" means removing the rough, continuously refining and carefully selecting to find the optimal solution to problems; "Detailed" means delving into the minutiae, tracing the root causes, and gradually breaking down to find the inherent connections and patterns within things. In other words, "Detailing" is the necessary path to refinement, while "Refinement" is the natural outcome of refinement. Refinement is a hurdle that Chinese enterprises must overcome. Regardless of the industry or company, without refinement, it is like grasping the branch to climb the tree—futile—in the increasingly fierce international competition.