From ancient times to now, "three old men imagine the emperor" joke, why it still has its existence value, because it is too ironic to the reality.

To understand the practical significance, let's first review this joke.

The three old men met one day, so they chatted and chatted and talked to the emperor.

The first one was a dung man who said, "if I were emperor, I would order all the dung on the street to me."

The second old man who chop wood is staring at the first old man. He said, "you know how to pick up dung. What does the emperor pick up?

If I were emperor, I would fight Jin Futou, and cut wood with golden axes every day.

The third beggars, who were beggars, laughed and laughed when they heard it. He said, "the two of you are so interesting that they all become emperors. Do you still have to work?

If I were emperor, I would sit by the fire and roast sweet potatoes every day.

These old men are trying to break their brains and do not know how the emperors live.

This story is really a reflection on people who are engaged in management and learning management. Do we often have such old people around us?

Because management is like a hazy fog, the ocean of management is both vast and mysterious, but at the same time management is like air, and it often appears unconsciously in everyone's side. As a result, these three old men do not know much about management but dare to daydream.

If such a daydream is a chat, it is also frightening that some daydream managers have the chance to play their daydream. As a result, these daydreams of management instead of actual management have led to the crisis of management.

What is management first, and management first is humanities; because the reason why it is called management is that its main object should be called "human" behavior.

"Man" is the embodiment of the social era. Different times will bring different consciousness and values. Therefore, the management of "people" has a strong flavor of the times.

Secondly, management is designed and implemented according to objectives, so management corresponds to objectives.

The third is that behavior is closely related to the environment of implementation, so management is also dependent on the environment at which the goal is achieved.

In view of this, management should be a three-dimensional system. More importantly, from the perspective of management theory, management is a creative behavior, because it needs to keep pace with the times. Therefore, management results are always a past tense, and the results of management always come from innovation.

However, in our real life and work, some people who have only learned some management knowledge dare to use book knowledge to guide others' management, and understand the management of a four-dimensional relationship as a two-dimensional relationship (behavior and result correspondence) to manage and apply. As a result, this management misinterpretation can only lead to formalism rather than half effect.

In addition, some people made their own success for various reasons, so they made their own management theories for creating a bright and big trend. They also abandoned their successful environmental factors and the "human" behavior factors in their success, choosing some desirable behaviors out of context to manage sales and promotion by using the new theory of management. Unfortunately, those who dream of success are still fooling themselves by using this theory which is never possible to succeed.

In addition, because China is a country with great economic turbulence, therefore, some people who do not have any management details will go to the top of management (business owners) for a variety of reasons. Those who do not have knowledge of plane management in these books may not be able to yield to their subordinates' knowledge.

Some people say "China's management does not need professional managers", because a large number of people who are not understanding of management are in the management position; others say, "China's management is too backward", and who knows the real root of China's backward management?

It is a joke that can not be imagined when chatting, but can be replaced by management instead of management, because management is also productive force.

If we know what we know, we do not know what we do not know; we should not take it for granted instead of knowledge, nor can we assume that we can make management science.

Management is science or art. Management is not acceptable by taking it for granted.

Successful management can not be duplicated, the success of management always comes from innovation, and innovation requires the combination of knowledge and art.

Wake up!

Do not blaspheme management.