Gascon, Alyssa Marie L.

BSAIS 2B
Geronimo, Mylene Mae C. BSAIS 2B
Lazarte, Laika P. BSAIS 2B
Temblor, Roselyn P. BSAIS 2B

1. Which among the principles of Sun Tzu do you strongly agree with and WHY?

- “Capture your market without destroying it”. Sun Tzu calls this the need to “win-all-
without-fighting”. Since the goal of your business is to survive and prosper, you must
capture your market. However, you must do so in such a way that your market is not
destroyed in the process. A company can do this in several ways, such as attacking
parts of the market that are under-served or by using subtle, indirect, and low-key
approach that will not draw a competitor’s attention or response. What should be
avoided at all costs is a price-war. Research has shown that price attacks draw the
quickest and most aggressive responses from competitors, as well as leaving the
market drained of profits.

2. If you were a manager, who will you follow - Machiavelli or Sun Tzu? WHY?

- If I/we were a manager, I/we will follow Machiavelli’s principle. As a manager of an

organizations should identify and pay attention when such leadership behaviors are
manifested. To achieve this, organizations may cultivate an open and friendly
communication and culture which will allow subordinates to somehow express their
complaints and worries regarding their high Mach supervisor in the top management.
Even more, in the case of Machiavellian leadership, organizations could benefit from
making the specific leaders aware of their inclinations and, consequently, their
harmful effect on employees’ outcomes

3. Formulate a theory based on your observations in your barangay.

- Theory: "Most barangays are essentially concerned with the technical-political

problems of action and choice". Because in reality, the specific logos of politics
would be defined by a typical statement which is widely considered to be
Machiavellian: the attainment of the (political) end justifies the use of (immoral)
means. From our observation in our barangays, when action and choice are
considered merely as technical devices (means to achieve ends), then the theory of
political action focuses exclusively on the skill with which the ends are pursued such
as a strong bridge, a good stab, a functional building, and a smart move. Hence the
subject of the action is either skillful or not: this is all that can be said about it. This
much pertains that the subject maintain a merely technical relationship with means
(which are of use or not to achieve ends, but should not be judged immanently) and
is completely isolated from ends ( which are supposed to be self-evident or given).