Leadership and Management in China: Philosophies, Theories, and Practices

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and manage rs becau se little ha s be en done in this en deavor, we must
begin now to achieve its g reat promi se. As Laozi stated in Chapt er 64,
‘‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’’


Note


1 Throughout this chapter, quotations of Laozi’s Dao de jing a re taken from
Wing’s (1986) translation.


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