Jun 30, 2011
The Prince - by Machiavelli
Few books are still read 500 years after first being published. It is even more unique if such a book is still on the required reading list at schools (like MBA graduate level schools). The book I am talking about is The Prince by Machiavelli. Despite its age and brevity, the book is still very relevant and influential. A beginning course of management theory and political science wouldn’t be complete without commenting on his writing.
Machiavelli discusses how a ruler, or Prince, could accomplish conquest and rule his subjects, and rule in the face of both