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This essay is a summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince".
Title: This essay is a summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince".
Category: Business & Economy / Management
Details: Words: 1339 | Pages: 5.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
This essay is a summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince".
The Prince: A Summary
This paper summarizes the germinal leadership book, The Prince by Machiavelli. After a brief summary, the paper will discuss the importance of the book to leadership and the lessons that can be applied to educational leadership.
Summary
The Prince begins with an overview of the two types of Princedoms which are, according to Machiavelli (1513/1992), hereditary or new (p. 1). Hereditary Princedoms are those that are passed down through many generations. New Princedoms …showed first 75 words of 1339 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1339 total…today. Machiavelli's work continues to be studied to today as an early model of successful leadership and while the violent tactics employed in the 1500s are not relevant in American society, many are still being practiced in other countries. As a "guide to effective leadership," (Bass, 1990, p. 4) Machiavelli is "still widely quoted" (p. 4).
References
Bass, B. M. (1990). Handbook of leadership (3rd ed.). New York: The Free Press.
Machiavelli, N. (1513/1992). The Prince. Toronto: Dover Publications, Inc.
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