Platos main ideas and principles

regarding an ideal state:

1. Creation of a state should be based on collectivist principles.
2. In Platos ideal state there are three major classes,
corresponding to the three parts of the soul. The guardians,
who are philosophers, govern the city; the auxiliaries are
soldiers who defend it; and the lowest class comprises the
producers (farmers, artisans, etc).
3. In this state elite have a collective property while
manufacturer have a private property.
4. In ideal state the order is mentioned by the law of natural
division of the work, otherwise considered the main
economical law.
5. Ideal state should have a closed character, that ensure not
to be negatively influenced by other states.
6. Ideal state should be motionless in territorial and population
appearance.
7. Ideal state should have an agrarian character to assure its
population needs.
8. The state should promote a perfectionist policy in foreign
trade, and to implement a rigorous control on all forms of
economical activity.
In Platos concept about ideal state, the state its self is led by
philosophers. Other classes in ideal state would be warriors and
craftsmen.For Plato harmony is right, means that in a hierarchy
everything is on its place, so the state will be fully
subordinated to the idea of justice. The significance of the
concept is similar to a division of labor force in the economy
expanded in the social and political. Plato also puts the
question of maintaining internal unity among leaders. The unit
can be preserved by removing economic interests that may
lead to disunity and economic abstinence will be achieved by
destroying personal property and common property expansion
on women and children. In terms of economic life, Plato
recommends a strict control of the state, proving adept closed
economy.

In Confucian philosophy, all relationships are deemed to be unequal. Ethical

behaviour demands that these inequalities are respected. Thus, the older person
should automatically receive respect from the younger, the senior from the
subordinate. This Confucian approach should be seen as the cornerstone of all
management thinking and issues such as empowerment and open access to all
information are viewed by the Chinese as, at best, bizarre Western notions.

(It should be borne in mind that many people in China - as well as in many other
Asian countries - see the lack of observance of hierarchical values as the root cause
of the 'problems of the West.' These problems include the twin Western diseases of
moral degeneration and the anarchic idea that an individual is more important than
the group to which they belong.)

Thus, in China, management style tends towards the directive, with the senior
manager giving instructions to their direct reports who in turn pass on the
instructions down the line. It is not expected that subordinates will question the
decisions of superiors - that would be to show disrespect and be the direct cause of
loss of face (mianzi) for all concerned.

The manager should be seen as a type of father figure who expects and receives
loyalty and obedience from colleagues. In return, the manager is expected to take
an holistic interest in the well-being of those colleagues. It is a mutually beneficial
two-way relationship.

Senior managers will often have close relations to the Communist Party and many
business decisions are likely to be scrutinised by the party which is often the unseen
force behind many situations.
It is often said that China has a lack of good-quality, experienced managers - this is
typical of a rapidly growing and modernising economy - and that the good
managers who are available are very expensive (even by Western standards.) This
places enormous emphasis on any company's recruitment and retention policies you have to be able to recruit the best and then keep them.