Taoist Principles and Practices in Management

Waldemar Schneider is an accomplished business development manager who has gained multicultural market experience in 25 years of service with international software and service companies. He held various national, regional, and international positions at IBM, SAS Institute, SAP, and InterComponentWare AG - an international healthcare company. In this context, he learned to apply Taoist principles while taking into account the integrative aspects and characteristics of different environments in a changing business world.

• Introduction.- Leading principles.-Balance of power.- Applications and Implications.- TAO and TE as Unity in Diversity.- Wújí within the Company Values.- Wúwéi in the Management of Affairs.- Zirán in the Course of Events.- Qì in Cyclic Innovation.- Jing in Dynamic Adaptation.- Shen in the Sense of Community.- Héxié within Globalisation.- Appendix.