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The article presents the links between philosophy and management; it is a scholarly sketch of human resource management and its links to ethics, quality management and lean management which is grounded in Zen Buddhism and the Protestant work ethic and project management which makes extensive use of artificial intelligence which is linked to philosophical reflection on technology and transhumanism. The author of the article argues that the two academic disciplines expand each other if scholars are familiar with both of them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), an American scientist, distinguished seven phases in a development of every civilization: mixture, gestation, expansion, age of conflict, universal empire, decay, invasion. In the case of Middle Kingdom, he identified there two communities: Sinic (2000 BC-400 AD) and Chinese (400-1930). The author of this article develops a theory by Quigley and tries to show when particular phases distinguished by the American scientist appeared in the history of China. Currently, Middle Kingdom seems to be in the period of universal empire. These analysis confirms usefulness of Quigley's model for examining history of China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]