Chapter 25 6. Selected Quotations of Webster's Management Science

All the transfer and competition of interests between people is politics. Where there are people, there may not necessarily be politics, but where there are interests, there must be politics. Politics is compromise. No compromise is not enough for a win-win situation. Win-win is not the goal, but winning is the goal. Management is one of the ways to win, but not necessarily a win-win way. Enterprise management is politics, and enterprise communication is the most typical politics. The so-called management is to achieve one's own goals through the labor of others, which determines the inevitability of conflicts in management.

Conflicts and conflict resolution have always relied on political maneuvers and nothing else. Communication is one of the necessary ways to resolve conflicts. The so-called communication is nothing more than seeking to maximize the interests of the group on the premise of ensuring that the interests of all parties are not damaged. Therefore, the so-called communication is nothing but a compromise to the interests of others. If not seeking compromise, why communicate? If the result of communication is not compromise, then what is the point of communication? The decentralization and checks and balances of the modern enterprise management system have only one purpose - to take into account the interests of more people.

Therefore, conflict and communication under the framework of checks and balances are more common. Therefore, the modern enterprise management system is just a new way of playing the political game. Politics is a struggle between people, and it is an art of the heart, not just the brain. The art of using the brain can solve natural problems very well, but in the face of social problems, the function of the brain is powerless. Using the heart means using the weakness of human nature, while using the brain is a purely technical operation. It is enough to use your brain to complete a draft constitution of the supervisory board.

To establish a board of supervisors that is beneficial to oneself, one must work hard. The intention is to take into account the interests and desires of others. If you can understand human desires, then you can be invincible in the workplace. Human desires are dynamic, but goals never change. Human desires point in only one direction: interests. Altruism is not contradictory to profit-seeking behavior. It is like a thin man as fat as a ball, depending on the experience and wisdom of the actor. Mathematical infinity is the same thing as infinitesimal, and economic altruism is indistinguishable from extreme ego.

Only self is altruistic.Because, no matter who you are, you are the company's most valuable asset. Only when your interests are maximized can the collective interests be maximized. This is the philosophy of Mickey Mouse, and it is also the philosophy of reality.