英文摘要 |
This article aims to establish an operational framework for the strategic philosophy of the classical Chinese culture, which is itself rich in strategic thinking. The article conducts its research by way of reviewing, investigating, and comprehending the essential Chinese classics, and finds that the core strategic perspective of the classical Chinese culture lies in the mutual-promotion perspective: yin and yang are mutually promoted and reciprocally rooted. Based on the perspective, this article puts forth a Tai Chi based ontological statement on strategy: Any strategy is, by its very nature, a Tai Chi. And, this ontological statement goes further to develop into an operational strategic logic: Any strategy can be represented as a strategic loop, which is essentially dynamic. Strategic loop, a framework created by this research, is itself rich in managerial meanings. It possesses three conceptions: self-sufficiency and complementarity, self-echoing, and centripetalism. Furthermore, strategic loop is instrumental in perceiving strategy from distinct angles: strategic shape-up, strategic power, strategic time, and strategic measure. As a result, strategic loop can be a very powerful tool to conceive strategy, evaluate strategy, and measure strategy. In verifing the strategic logic behind the framework, the article is able to redraft Porter’s strategic activities system on the Southwest Airline into a strategic loop. |