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seedier side of top executives and leadership (Buono, 2001). Here, the authors discuss those corporate individuals who pursue self...

that military action can never be without cost or loss of life, but some costs must be paid. Military leaders must have an acute ...

number of commonly shared characteristics that indicate a more heritable aptitude toward capable leadership. As the name im...

souls" (Wittenstein, 1999, p. 26) during World War II. Like Americans and a whole host of other foreigners who come to capture a ...

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

Arjuna sees "fathers and grandfathers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons and grandsons, comrades and friends, father-in-laws and tea...

of all possible worlds, at least as he saw it. Much of The Prince looks at the world through the eyes of the monarch. Machiavel...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

but who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI ("Cesare Borgia," 2005). He was an Italian General but would resign to becom...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

that what is done is not as important as the character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. At the same time, unlike a preach...

people. Machiavelli contends that every ruler does not want to be mean or cruel leader and rather, they want to be merciful (58)....

out of joint. O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right!" (I.v.206-207) The pivotal moment in terms of Hamlets sanity...

leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...

but weak, and Medici was allowed to return to power (2000). Machiavelli was dismissed but was soon afterward imprisoned, and sub...

the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and that any ...

a prince should behave and when behavior is justifiable. The author also to an extent addresses the nature of man. At least one ca...

seems to possess a great deal of truth. According to Machiavelli, the conventional wisdom is that a prince "should try not to ins...

He did not believe that methodology was particularly important as different rulers have different styles. Above all, Machiavelli b...

Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...

take a proactive approach, taking Harry to a drug centre where addicts were, taking a very different approach than would have trad...

government. In fact, there are many theories and ideologies rendering leadership, and then there is Machiavelli. Much of Machiavel...

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

Hal was more interested in the gossip at the local taverns than he was in matters of state. Henry IVs cousin, Richard, who became...

something of value that could not be found at home, despite the fact that the home is paradise in many ways. "They go to Cairo ...

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...

different ways: either by a prince, with a body of servants, who assist him to govern the kingdom as ministers by his favour and p...

that men with their wisdom cannot direct them and that no one can even help them; and because of this they would have us believe t...

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...