Being a manager or assistant manager is hard work. You are required to lead, set good examples, discipline when necessary, do assorted paper work, hiring, coming up with ideas to better time management and so on. All in all a manager is responsible for maintaining control and administering direction of the business. Like many things political and social theory relate to such workplace responsibilities and situations. Political theory is defined as the study of concepts and principles that people use to evaluate things. Social theory is defined as the frame work of society. Machiavelli, author of the Prince, and Durkheim, author or the Anomie and the Modern Division of Labor, are two different theorists whose ideas can be applied to a manager’s day to day job setting. In one day a manager can experience an assortment of any one of the skills that are required of them in which Machiavelli will be able to point out why it is necessary to do some of these things and giving explanation to why managers should do the things they do like expressing authority and why they act the way they do in order to maintain respect among employees. Durkheim’s theory will point out that in order for a manager to work efficiently they must have all the functioning tools such as team members and employees. While Machiavelli and Durkheim’s views differ from each other they point out common theories such as the way a manager should express authority, the necessity of being feared instead of loved, and the properly working structural functions in order for the whole business to work properly. As a manager maintaining a degree of authority is extremely important in order for a business to run properly. Authority is defined as a person who has a sp... ... middle of paper ... ...ng the business as whole. In order for a business to properly function three working theories from Machiavelli and Durkheim are pointed out through expressed authority, the love/ hate relationships, and the structural functions. Machiavelli points out the importance in maintaining an expressed authority. He also expresses that with this authority the love/ hate relationships would be complicated. The manager needs to maintain a relationship with employees; however, this relationship should not be formed from hate and more from fear in order to maintain a certain amount of authority and control over said employees. Durkheim’s structural function paradigm points out that without team work or properly working ‘organs’ the ‘body’ (business) begins to fail. These three theories help provide an understanding to the political and social views of a working business.
...cause he didn't teach anything that wasn't already known to powerful leaders. In fact, in his address to Lorenzo de Medici, as I noted earlier, he states that the conclusions he makes are drawn from his knowledge of history. Throughout the book he makes references to historical situations and events that employ the very means to political success he describes. What is great about The Prince is not its original content but that it mirrors the politics of his time as well as our time. The book is a product of the Italian Renaissance in that it attempts to explain how things really are rather than how they are perceived.
In the television series, House of Cards, a position in Congress is the basis of the show and the main character, Frank Underwood, thrives for his goals of personal achievement and working his devious plans into a profit for himself and ultimately achieving anything he wants no matter what it takes. Frank Underwood is an extremely intelligent congressman, who lives in Washington D.C. representing his home state of South Carolina, but has always put his self first. At the introduction of the show he states, “I see two different types of pain, useful pain, that helps you grow, and useless pain that does nothing but cause suffering”. These sorts of pain, but more importantly the meanings, explain a specific part of his distinctive morals that carry his actions along and show how he works with certain people or conflicts. His eminent colleagues of the U.S. legislative branch, specifically congress, perception of Frank is that he does whatever he can to make the government stronger while his intellectual perception is the contrary. While his colleagues trust him, it is hard for Frank Underwood to show a virtuous personality, enough to have full faith and trust especially regarding a huge decision he makes to murder a member of the Legislative branch. This internal situation, mirrors the philosophy (shown in the book, “The Prince”) of the political Philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli, who has provided many with the conflicting opinion of modern times political contemplation. The scene in the last few minutes of “House of Cards: Chapter 11” exemplifies Frank’s means for consequentialism by, the fact of achieving his ultimate maxim or intended end. There is no skepticism that Frank’s actions do not follow solitarily consequentialism but ther...
The Prince, published in 1532, was written by a former Italian senior official Niccolo Machiavelli to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the governor of Florence, in the hopes that Lorenzo would take his advice to heart, and invite him back to public service. Seeing as Lorenzo died in 1519, and The Prince was published 5 years after Machiavelli’s death during the 1530’s, it is doubtful that the titular Prince ever saw this piece of work. It is a great question of history, though, how the politics of Italy would have changed if Lorenzo had seen and followed Machiavelli’s advice. Assuming Machiavelli was trying to provide purely good advice for the Prince, does he succeed? Or does he fail? That is what will be discussed today.
The main idea in The Prince is how a prince should properly govern people in the best ways and the qualities a prince should posses. I think that when Machiavelli wrote this he was being serious. He gave a lot of examples to back up what he believed a prince should entail.
The prince, written by Machiavelli is troubled with the issues of politics, ruling a state and how a ruler or a leader should be in regards to ruling a state. One of the most important topics touched on in the book, The Prince, is the effect moral value (virtue) has on the ruler and their good or bad chance (fortune) with regards to their effects on gaining and keeping power. A leader needs to be virtuous and have good fortune on his side in order to avoid failure, however being too virtuous can possibly hinder one’s ability to run a nation successfully.
Machiavelli wrote The Prince in which he states “it is better for a new political ruler to be feared than loved”. Machiavelli stated that rulers should be loved and feared but at the end to remain safe it’s better to be feared than love. Being virtuous plays a major role in securing a state and gaining the support of the citizens but virtue or love doesn’t guarantee the safety of the ruler and or state. Therefore this essay will argue It is better for a new political leader to feared than loved, which would allow the leader to have the state secure or under control, also instilling fear in people would make them obey the rules and regulation and would allow The Prince to be safe and protected.
The Prince, written by Machiavelli, was intended for a guide for rulers after him to follow by. He used this text to outline all the characteristics a ruler should have to be successful and trusted by his people. Machiavelli gives advice on a many genres that rulers have to understand; such as how the rulers’ power can have advantages and disadvantages, military rule and strategies, and how to become a strong power. The Prince follows a theme in each of the chapters that compose of military, acceptance of your people through kindness but also remain threatening, fortune, and human born nature. Each of these themes is discussed in a simplistic way so the reader can gain full understanding without confusion.
Successful emperors throughout history have shared a few characteristics that make the job of being emperor much easier. The demands of ruling an empire are different than the demands of ruling a nation, and a good emperor understands that. An emperor is the sole ruler of his territory, and he must have control over all his people. This means that he must have the characteristics of a good leader. He must be confident in his own abilities and in the people around him. He must be a complex thinker, not too trusting and completely committed to the success of his empire. He must demand the respect of his staff and his subjects, and he must inspire in them the desire to please him and to hold the empire together. A good emporer must also be one
He was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer, who is recognized as the founder of modern political science and political ethics. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote his most renowned work The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513 after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence, the Art of War was first published in 1521 and was one of only two works by Machiavelli to appear in print before his death in 1527 and the Discourses on livy.
The Prince is a book that teaches how to become a better ruler. To become a ruler, one might take paths that are not the ideal ones; it might be for the benefit of the long run objectives. Machiavelli shows many ethical disputes one might encounter such as to be feared, to be unclear, and to be exterminator.
In “The Prince”, Machiavelli suggests that a prince should have five qualities which include; merciful, faithful, humane, upright, and religious. Machiavelli specifies that it is not a must to have those five qualities, but that it is necessary to appear to have them in order to be an accomplished leader. The first quality Machiavelli suggests that a prince should appear to have is mercy. It is a courageous act of a prince to give up the temptation to take revenge on those who oppose his rise to power. Appearing to give forgiveness is a merciful act in which allows the prince to show true remorse and commitment to those who were wronged and restore the trust that has been compromised. The aspect of learning from past mistakes makes his followers
Machiavelli states in his book, The Prince, that to be a good prince, one must appear to be good to his people, when in reality, he is not. This is to help deal with the idea that a prince may not possess every trait admirable in a king. Machiavelli uses the statement, “no ruler can possess or fully practice” all the characteristics the people would like to see in their prince, and it is for this reason “a prince must be prudent that he escapes ill repute for such vices as might take his position away from him.” These vices Machiavelli refers to are characteristics such as mercy and the inability to appear moral.
“Management is a process of planning, organisation, command, coordination, and control” (Morgan 2006, p.18). Rational organisation design is a bureaucratic method of management which emphasizes efficiency to achieve the end goal and the management of multiple companies have taken upon this system. Figures such as Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford have both shown and laid a path way for Rational Organisation which has become known as Taylorism and Fordism. The design has received criticism and both Taylor and Ford have been portrayed as villains with Taylor being called “enemy of the working man” (Morgan 2006, p.23) as the system dehumanised workers by taking all of the thought and skill from them and giving it to the managers this is because the tasks given were simple and repetitive. As staff needed little training they became an easily replaceable asset and thus more machine than human.
Machiavelli once said ‘Because men are wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need not keep your word to them’. Machiavelli is seen in history as one of the most influencing men of all time. Matter a fact, “the name Machiavelli was a synonym for the devil” (Barnett page 6). Machiavelli established a lot of this reputation from his work The Prince, it was written in 1513-1514. But, a lot people thought that he was misunderstood considering he wrote many books and people focus mostly on one. Second you must take the time period into thought and realize how the world was about 500 years ago.
“Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble and in choosing the lesser evil.”