Choose 3 different principles of leadership in Machiavelli’s The Prince.
Paper instructions:
Read the book Machiavelli: the prince
The company example is Adidas.
Essay 4 guideline
Literature focused paper
• NO: Title Page, Executive Summary and Table of Contents.
– Be cautious of- Margins, Font choices and citation!
– Citation: Make sure that you’re citing the correct version of your book.
– Assume the prince refers to the company as a whole.
– Pick 3-5 quotes
– Translate
– Apply
– Analyze
– In what ways does your company adhere to or reject Machiavelli’s teachings?
– How does this adherence to or rejection of Machiavellian ideas help or hurt your company?
– Start by presenting the quote
– Translate
– 1. What is Machiavelli actually talking about – Can be multiple translations
– Ex: Fortifying the walls of his city
– – Protect the company by shoring up the resources
– – Protecting the company from competition
– – Retaining employees
– – Strong foundations, strong metrics
– – Strengthening controls and processes
– 2. Now apply the translation to this company
– – Company follows this pricincipe because of X, Y, Z
– – This is how the company demonstrates this principle
– 3. Evaluation – how does it help or hurt the company
– – Does it work out well?
– – How do you know?
– Don’t have to stick with current events.
– Can look at company history and analyze how they reacted.
– Can go as far back as 100+ years.
– Umbrella features: Strong papers will find something that will unify the quotes.
– READ THE BOOK OVER READING SUMMARY!
– Introduction
Thesis – adhering/rejecting to certain Machiavellian principles
– First quote & discussion
– Second quote & discussion
– Third quote & discussion
– Fourth quote & discussion (optional)
– Fifth quote & discussion (optional)
– Conclusion
– Tie the quotes together
– Concluding thoughts
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Introduction
– Short introduction on Machiavelli (The Author)
– Short introduction on the Prince (The book)
– Brief sentence on company
– Thesis on how your company reflects Machiavelli’s teachings
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