Essays Tagged: "Machiavellianism"

Real Machiavelli

ents that "Machiavellian" means "marked by cunning, duplicity or bad faith." (Curry 5) After these, Machiavellianism has come to represent corrupt, ambitious, totalitarian rule, where the end justifie ...

(6 pages) 142 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

The ideas of Machiavelli, Locke, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Achebe.

wrote "The Prince" in 1513 as an advisory and guide of sorts for Lorenzo the Magnificent di Medici. Machiavellianism, according to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary is "suggesting the principles of con ...

(6 pages) 85 0 3.4 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

This essay is a summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince".

eachers hinder the overall progress of the school.Despite the negative connotations associated with Machiavellianism, his views on leadership were not very different from many held today. The Mach sca ...

(5 pages) 173 0 4.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Utopia by Sir Thomas More this is sort of a comparison essay on More and Machiavelli but it is moer about More and his book, Utopia.

state because the leader is the state. "L'e tast c'est moi." From this, the ideas of Utopianism and Machiavellianism emerge and contradict one another. Two of these contradictions are religion and mar ...

(4 pages) 84 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Employee Satisfaction and Productivity in relation to emotions, attitude and behaviors.

t appear to have more direct relevance for explaining and predicting behavior are locus of control, Machiavellianism, self-esteem, self-monitoring, risk propensity and Type A personality.People with a ... h and that rewards in life are generally outside of their control.The personality characteristic of Machiavellianism relates to behavior in which a person purposely manipulates or misleads others in o ...

(4 pages) 302 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Jew Of Malta

id on page two. On page two Babb writes " we are tempted to associate the word [policy] merely with Machiavellianism", then later on page five Babb writes ""¦filling the league demands a ...

(5 pages) 1634 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Fatally Human (machiavelli And Willie Stark)

tion, and although Willie does realize his mistakes and attempts to set things straight, life, like Machiavellianism, is unforgiving.

(4 pages) 1338 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

KEY PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES THAT IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE

, this paper identifies the relationship between the key personality differences (Locus of control, Machiavellianism, Monitoring, Risk-taking, Self-efficacy, Type A and B) and job performance. This ap ... f-awareness develop and therefore provides personal guidance in the workplace. (Robbins et al, 2004)Machiavellianism Machiavellianism, as a term, has been used to describe the principles of power poli ...

(7 pages) 89 0 0.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Communication and Personality in Negotiation Paper

lict management, interpersonal trust, social value orientation, self-efficacy and locus of control, Machiavellianism, self-monitoring, face threat sensitivity, and the "big five" personality factors ( ...

(4 pages) 336 0 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management