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This 11 page report discusses the ways in which the
writings and philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) have proven themselves to
be remarkably applicable for the 19th, 20th, and now 21st century businesspeople,
entrepreneurs, and politicians. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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diplomacy have turned his name into a synonym for cunning and duplicity. "Machiavellian" as a term, has been used to describe the principles and actions of ruthless power politics, as
well as the type of person who uses those principles in political or personal life. Mansfield (1996) points out that it should also be noted that Machiavelli is famous for
being the first philosopher not merely to lack respect for what is generally agreed upon in the collective consciousness to be just, noble, and sacred, or even to show his
lack of respect - but to actually advise others that it was often important to act without respect. Just as it is now, in Machiavellis time, the only way it
was possible to get ahead was to be part of the inner circle, one of the power brokers. It did not genuinely matter what the issue was or what
sort of implications it carried. All that mattered was knowing the right person, having the right information, making the right introductions, and going to the right parties. The
most valuable information was not necessarily something one knew about an enemy but something a person knew about a friend. Staff and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more
powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature of the bureaucracy. Machiavelli first became involved in government as a relatively unimportant staff functionary or
clerk. With notable determination and ambition, he rose to prominence when the Florentine Republic was proclaimed in 1498. His many duties included missions to the French king (1504, 1510-11), the
Holy See (1506), and the German emperor (1507-8). Gregory (1987) explains that throughout the course of his diplomatic missions within Italy he became acquainted with many of the Italian rulers
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