The most prominent single element in modern scientific management is the task idea. The work of every workman is fully planned out by the management at least one day in advance, and each man receives in most cases complete written instructions, describing in detail the task which he is to accomplish.

"The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

The rise of China represents the most significant challenge to the liberal international order since the end of the Cold War.