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Lessons from Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching for the Facilities Manager

Low Sui Pheng (Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the School of Building and Estate Management, National University of Singapore.)

Facilities

ISSN: 0263-2772

Article publication date: 1 December 1994

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Abstract

Indicates that literature on facilities management is written from a Western perspective with no reference to practices in the East: therefore suggests there is profit in integrating Oriental thinking with Western thinking. Takes the ideas of philosopher Lao Tzu and incorporates them with Western thinking to enhance the leadership effectiveness of the facilities manager. Concentrates on the text of the book Tao Te Ching and relates the ideas to management. Provides a summary of the main points of the 37 chapters in book I of Tao Te Ching and provides lessons from the 44 chapters of book II. Concludes that Lao Tzu′s teaching holds a wisdom for the modern team leader but suggests Western facilities management should take note as Western notions of ethics and leadership qualities have already caused erosion of Taoism and Confucianism in the East.

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Sui Pheng, L. (1994), "Lessons from Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching for the Facilities Manager", Facilities, Vol. 12 No. 12, pp. 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632779410071704

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MCB UP Ltd

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