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Даоски бизнес решения
Taoist Business Solutions

Author(s): Valeri Ivanov
Subject(s): Philosophy, Non-European Philosophy, Metaphysics
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: business solutions; complex system; uncertainty; risk management; Taoism

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays we no longer consider it necessary to look for evidence that we cannot find one unambiguous and generally-accepted truth that explains the phenomena we observe around us and within us. Man, standing on the edge, is simultaneously inclined to bring about his own destruction and making an unartful attempt to follow the thin contour of the outline made by the order that is hidden within the chaos. We need not be confused by the fact that science is just arriving at the discovery of that outline. This does not mean that man has not always felt that outline’s challenge through his entire existence. Business, being a small but increasingly important part of human interaction, is becoming aware of the challenges of its own complexity. Just as any other science, the conception and theory of business management have reached the unknown, the risky and the uncertain, which are difficult notions to describe, let alone control or understand. Every manager is expected to make decisions in the apparent complexity of this environment and in its increasingly perceivable indefiniteness. If we think that these decisions are mostly intuitive, then the hidden reason why this intuition is present, and the almost intangible way in which it acts and can be used, have most probably been a subject of examination since ancient times. It is interesting to explore them as the roots of the Daoist understanding of the world and examine the text of Tao te Ching.