The prince

BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY

|Fabio Galliano - i7806748 |
|Contemporary Issues in Management |

The Prince

Written in the sixteenth century, Machiavelli has done a study on the nature of the ‘Prince’. A term used to denote all mandates that became the leader of an empire, country or an independent province, and behaviour of their subordinates. The author has produced a theory on how to come to power and, more importantly, keep at it, effectively. From the analysis of human behaviour, Niccolo Machiavelli showed how a leader can use knowledge of human nature to influence their followers.

In a passage of the Prince, Machiavelli emphasize that in order for a prince to succeed he must conquer people’s satisfaction and goodwill to avoid conspiracies and despair.

This essay aims to critically analyse theories regarding leadership making this analysis a comparable with Machiavelli’s statement and the reality of the leadership of change.

This analysis has as an objective identifying key facts of contemporary leadership and leadership of change by analysing various theories and by making comparables with Machiavelli’s theory from the extract of the book The Prince.

Definition

Leadership is the course of action which a person tries to get organizational members to do something he desires. The leader’s notoriety extends beyond supervisory responsibility and formal supremacy. Bruno Faria (2000)

The analysis of the definitions shown above shows some heterogeneity; however, that can be found as more common among some of them is the need for planning of change, its character of response to the demands of the environment, its objective to increase in the organizational performance, and its scope the various organizational