Sun Tzu Art Of War

746 Words3 Pages
In the Sun Tzu art of war, the chapter 3: Strategic attack is mainly telling us about the source of strength as unity, not size, and the five ingredients that you need to succeed in any war. It is also important to know yourself and know the enemy in the war. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy, to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. Hence, win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not supreme excellence; the supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. In the business applications, it is better to merge competitor’s company than to destroy it. You will get more human resource and fund to do other business. Sun Tzu said: 1. The highest form of generalship is to balk and attack the enemy's strategy; 2. The next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces and attack the relationship with other country; 3. The next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field ; 4. The worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities. In the business applications, we can put out a latest superior product into market before other competitor. We can also get into a new field of the market when there is no any competitor. So, as conclusion, in order to attack and balk the enemy’s plan, need a long period of continuous observing the competitive environment, and need to work deliberately on the part of company. As the attack the relationship between competitor and other, we must break them up or prevent them from forming. As the attacking the enemy, we can luring the important personnel away from his company or attract capable employees using higher salary to join our

More about Sun Tzu Art Of War

Open Document