《易經》為中華文化之瑰寶，「觀天道以立人道」的理念指引了中國人幾千年來的行為。然而許多「易經」學者，卻把注意力集中在「易占、易道」上，強調以占卜來定吉凶，以解讀吉凶的徵兆來做為行事的依據，因此而使易經與迷信畫上等號，也因為其神秘色彩而使得應用上受到了侷限。本研究以古今文獻探討及管理實務案例解析的方法，闡明何以「易經」之應用，不應該以占卜為重，因為占卜旨在占斷吉凶結果，因而演變成消極的「聽天由命」，如果人們不知道什麼是「當」與「不當」，而只知道後果如何，「易經」就失去了在「管理」上的功用。研究結果顯示，易經所教導的應該是一種自我決策的管理過程，其功效不僅是消極地「告知」，更重要的是，可以「指導」我們如何去執行。藉此本研究進而提出「易經」在現代管理之應用。

”I Ching”(Book of Change), one of the most valuable treasures of Chinese culture, whose idea ”humanity follows the rule of universe” has directed attitudes and behaviors of Chinese people for several millenniums. However many scholars along the history paid their attention to ”Yi Zhan(divination)” , emphasized that the divine decides the good and bad fortune, and therefore try to direct people's behaviors based on the results of analysis of the signs of divination. This misuse of ”I Ching” painted it with mystical color, and furthermore, caused great limitation of its application. This research reviewed related ancient and modern literature and adopt case study method to try to explain why focus on divination is not the correct path in using ”I Ching” today. The results of divination just showed the consequences to come, thus develops negative thoughts of ”meets one's fate with resignation.” However, if people just ignore the foreseen consequences, but to focus on what should or should not to be done, then the ”I Ching” can be very influential in practice of management. Findings of this research showed, ”I Ching” is the study of a self-decision-making management process, its effect is not only to tell, more importantly, is to instruct the right paths for us to carry out. In addition, this research then to propose ”I Ching” for modern management applications.