This book looks at Sunzi and the Art of War-one of the most important books on strategy ever written-from a business perspective. The first part of the book, SUNZI ON THE ART OF WAR, looks at the strategies and negotiating techniques laid out in Sunzi's famous text. The second section of the book, DISCUSSIONS: APPLICATION TO BUSINESS, looks at how Sunzi's theories and principles are applied in modern business and management. This book is written based on Sunzi's famous dictum: "Knowing ourselves and knowing our opponents will guarantee success every time." Western businessmen looking to learn more about their Chinese competitors will benefit greatly from this book.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient yet invaluable Chinese military classic that is still relevant today. This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War in the western strategic culture. Aided by three self-built corpora, this study adopts a mixed method including both qualitative and quantitative analysis, and aking takes both the core text and its paratexts of The Art of War into consideration. This study highlights the significance of proper approaches to translating culture in the core text and effective measures of culture reconstruction in paratexts. It is revealed that the translated Sun Tzu has undergone three major stages before it is gradually welcomed and re-canonized in western discourse. The findings bring into light the multiple factors that contribute to the incorporation of Sun Tzu’s strategic wisdom into western culture. For scholars interested in translation studies, (critical) discourse analysis as well as strategic studies, this book provides fresh insights and new perspectives.

The 25th volume in the series Praxiology: The International Annual of Practical Philosophy and Methodology brings a praxiological perspective to current issues facing our society. In sixteen brand-new essays, a team of international scholars expands praxiology beyond the borders of its historically philosophical application and uses it to address real-world problems in a variety of fields. The volume outlines new approaches and reflections on traditional praxiological method, and then applies these developments as tools in fields as diverse as ethics, psychology, sociology, economics, management, and entrepreneurship. Grounded in the tradition of the Polish praxiologist Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886-1981), the 25th volume, entitled Praxiological Essays: Texts and Contexts, highlights the rich mosaic of issues perceived in the practice of human action, and carries a tradition of Praxiological inquiry forward into our contemporary philosophy, methodology, and social sciences.

Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization – and their consequences on contemporary society. History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics.

Sun Tzu Salesmanship Strategy™ shows you how to be a true sales professional and closer in any sales circumstance. The philosophy of sales in this book is based on a simple and fundamental idea that both buyers and sellers have a similar strategic position they need to carefully plan and establish as well as strategically defend and advance forward. By knowing how this strategic position works you can decisively lead your sales team and effectively make your decisions as well as adaptively serve your buyers and competitively make more sales. This book is a strategy-based sales philosophy rather than a sales tactic with a long set of linear selling scripts. For more information on our business strategy books, business strategy planners, business strategy courses, and business strategy certification programs, visit our websites: www.JamesSonhill.com and www.SunTzuStore.com.

SUN TZU ONE™ shows you how to discover your one true purpose in business and in life which you will live by. From this one true purpose, you will discover how to carefully develop your business strategic plan and establish your business strategic position and how to carefully craft your business strategy and formulate your business strategy cycle. This book gives you everything you need to become a decisive leader and an effective decision maker as well as an adaptive performer and a competitive action taker so that you can achieve your business goals and accomplish your core mission as well as create your value and live your one true purpose. WHAT THIS BOOK CAN DO FOR YOU: Searching for your one true purpose for success in business and in personal life is perhaps one of the most challenging tasks you will ever encounter. SUN TZU ONE™ can help you overcome this big challenge. Searching for one true purpose for success in business and in life is often a big challenge for many people because we as a human being have only perception and our perception can be easily shaped and influenced by the world around you. To succeed in business and win in life, you need this one true purpose that will help guide you. With no one true purpose, you have no guidance. With no guidance, you will never find your victory and success both in your business and in your personal life. In this business strategy book SUN TZU ONE™, you will learn how to discover your one true purpose which Sun Tzu calls Tao in his Art of War. Once you know your one true purpose, you can develop your business strategic plan and establish your business strategic position that allow you to define your core mission and clarify your business goals. Once you have your business strategic plan and your business strategic position in place, you can craft your business strategy and formulate your strategy cycle that will make your business strategic plan work, help you obtain your business strategic position, help you achieve your business goals and accomplish your core mission, and ultimately help you live your one true purpose. SUN TZU ONE™ was written by James Sonhill DBA who is the world leading authority on Sun Tzu The Art of War™ and competitive business strategy, the international bestselling author of more than 90 classic and modern business strategy books, and the founder of Strategy Institute of America™ that is currently offering 32 business strategy courses and 12 business strategy certification programs worldwide. SUN TZU ONE™ is one of his nine Sun Tzu Branding™ books which include SUN TZU AOW™, SUN TZU 360™, SUN TZU PRO™, SUN TZU 10X™, SUN TZU BIZ™, SUN TZU CEO™, SUN TZU USA™, and SUN TZU MBA™. Once you know your one true purpose, success becomes reachable and obtainable. Through a proper business strategic planning and a practical business strategy which you will discover in this business strategy book SUN TZU ONE™, you will achieve your business goals and accomplish your core mission that will allow you live your one true purpose and uphold your Tao both in business and in personal life. For more information on our business strategy books, business strategy planners, business strategy courses, and business strategy certification programs, visit our websites: www.JamesSonhill.com and www.SunTzuStore.com.

SUN TZU MBA™ shows you how to turn your skills and college degree you have whether a bachelor or an MBA or a PhD into monetary advantages so that you can make money and truly achieve your personal success and truly reach your higher potential. By embracing and practicing Sun Tzu The Art of War™ as your success philosophy as detailed in this book you become decisive and effective in how you lead and make your business decisions as well as adaptive and competitive in how you perform and take your business actions. Strategy principles and formulas in this book will give you sharper mind and upper edge you need to win and succeed in business and in life. WHAT THIS BOOK CAN DO FOR YOU: Your college degree is valuable and worth a lot of money. SUN TZU MBA™ will show you how to turn your college degree into something monetary and advantageous that will continue making you money for years to come. Like you, many people nowadays have some kinds of university and college degrees under their belt. Many even have two or three degrees. The problem is that they do not know what to do with their degrees in terms of turning them into money and high return on investment. Oftentimes, these college degrees required you to spend a great deal of time and money in order to obtain them. On the other hand, they gave you very little back on your investment. In this strategy book SUN TZU MBA™, you will have a blueprint on how you can turn your college degrees, skills, and experiences you already have into monetary advantages that will help you achieve and accomplish anything you want to achieve and accomplish in business and in personal life. This blueprint derives from the proven strategy system of Sun Tzu The Art of War™. This powerful blueprint will help you develop a realistic strategic plan and establish an obtainable strategic position as well as craft a practical strategy and formulate a real strategy cycle for success. SUN TZU MBA™ was written by James Sonhill DBA who is the world leading authority on Sun Tzu The Art of War™ and competitive business strategy, the international bestselling author of more than 90 classic and modern business strategy books, and the founder of Strategy Institute of America™ that is currently offering 32 business strategy courses and 12 business strategy certification programs worldwide. SUN TZU MBA™ is one of his nine Sun Tzu Branding™ books which include SUN TZU AOW™, SUN TZU 360™, SUN TZU PRO™, SUN TZU 10X™, SUN TZU BIZ™, SUN TZU CEO™, SUN TZU ONE™, and SUN TZU USA™. Once you know this proven blueprint for success, you can begin working on turning your college degree, skills, and experiences into money and high return on investment. SUN TZU MBA™ will show you to increase your net worth through the asset of your current college degrees, skills, and experiences you already have. For more information on our business strategy books, business strategy planners, business strategy courses, and business strategy certification programs, visit our websites: www.JamesSonhill.com and www.SunTzuStore.com.

Sun Tzu Leadership One™ explains why there is only one style of leadership in the world. This leadership style is called Quo which means urging or driving and often requires leaders to lead their followers to achieve a series of common goals and accomplish one core mission as well as create economic value and uphold one higher shared philosophy. Proven strategy principles and strategy formulas in this business leadership book show you how to be decisive and effective with how you lead your team and make your decisions and how to be adaptive and competitive with how you perform your work and take your actions so that you can compel to success. For more information on our business strategy books, business strategy planners, business strategy courses, and business strategy certification programs, visit our websites: www.JamesSonhill.com and www.SunTzuStore.com.

Sun Tzu Corporate Strategy™ shows you how to use proven strategy principles and strategy formulas from Sun Tzu The Art of War™ to effectively lead your executive team and competitively run your business operation. First you develop your strategic plan and establish your strategic position. And then you craft your business strategy and form your business strategy cycle for making your strategic plan work and for obtaining strategic position. This business strategy book gives you a proven strategy framework you can implement to become a decisive and effective as well as adaptive and competitive corporate leader. For more information on our business strategy books, business strategy planners, business strategy courses, and business strategy certification programs, visit our websites: www.JamesSonhill.com and www.SunTzuStore.com.