Leadership Introduction Handsome‚ tenderness‚ strong‚ and active those are the ideas that come to mind when the word "prince" comes out. People think about a prince as a person who is perfect such that he is a hero‚ defeats his nation against enemies‚ and helps citizens. This is the definition of a prince in the function stories. Can a prince be that wonderful in real life? The purpose of having a leaders is to set performance for nation’s benefits‚ cooperation with people for general advantages
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Niccolo Machiavelli‚ arguably the finest political theorist of his time‚ wrote in his famous work “The Prince” that a ruler use any methods available to him to maintain stability‚ for even though some methods might seem abusive and purely attempts toward staying in power‚ in reality they benefit the people because the ruler manages to maintain stability which is all the people could ask for. If another country is about to attack yours and your people are at risk‚ would you even hesitate in bribing
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When a social actor is activated‚ he or she is the dynamic force behind a social practice or agent of a process. Meanwhile‚ in many instances of representation‚ often a social actor gets passivated; participants are on the ‘receiving end’ of a process or activity due to the intent of a text writer to serve or perpetuate certain ideologies. Passivation of a social actor can be either subjected or beneficialised. A social actor is subjected when he or she takes the role of a goal in a process‚ as in
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The Prince was written in the 1500’s by Niccolo Machiavelli‚ whom name became a synonym for crafty plotting. As noted‚ it is a political and social document‚ as relevant today as when it first appeared. Machiavelli’s work became thought of as a blueprint for dictators instead of a guide for efficient democratic government. The Prince does not give us all of Machiavelli’s political thinking; however‚ he devised this reading for the man who seeks power. It treated the most severe problem of Italy
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ENGLISH IN CONTEXT ANALYSIS OF SPEECH People spend a significant part of their lives listening and talking‚ that is the main reason why conversation is regarded to be the most generalised form of talk that concerns both speakers and listeners and it is contemplated to be the essential ingredient in co-operative undertaking (Wardhaugh‚ 1985). Conversation is informal talk involving two or more people and interviews are a particular type of conversation. Interviews are regarded as meetings at which
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1. Describe the major goals and methods of the ethnography of communication. 2. Discuss the interrelationships of gender and language in English speakers. 3. Outline the objectives‚ methodologies‚ and results of the sociolinguistic study of language and class. 4. Describe the main goals of conversation analysis‚ indicate what features of conversation support this approach and discuss any weaknesses of conversation analysis. 5. Summarize and critically evaluate the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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Lao-tzu vs. Machiavelli Government is the essential authority of a country or state‚ which is directly‚ affects society because it provides key securities. Two of history’s greatest thinkers Lao-tzu‚ authors of the Tao-te Ching‚ and Niccolo Machiavelli‚ author of The Prince have similar but very contrasting ideas of government‚ and how people should be governed. Lao-tzu was born in the Chinese state of Ch’u. He spent most of his life working in the library of the Chou dynasty. Once he decided to
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Qualities of a Prince Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of the Prince” gives the idea of what makes an all around good ruler. He wrote guidelines touching several topics such as war‚ reputation‚ generosity‚ mercy‚ and cruelty. All of these topics preach words on how to avoid being hated but still keep power. Machiavelli’s guidelines say‚ a prince should hold absolute control of their territories‚ and there should be no limit necessary to accomplish this result. Concerning military‚ war must always
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HOW DO PLATO‚ LOCKE AND MACHIAVELLI ADDRESS THHOW DO PLATO‚ LOCKE AND MACHIAVELLI ADDRESS THE CONCEPTS OF POWER‚ AUTHORITY AND LEGITEMACY? Plato‚ Locke and Machiavelli deal with addressing the concepts of power‚ legitimacy and authority through illustrating constant contrasts and the underpinning of authority. Plato deals especially with the legitimacy of those in power focusing on the morality of politics and the need for the enlightenment of authority (Spragens‚ 1997:41)‚ but looking at the status
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Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book that influenced many great political leaders including Henry VIII and Adolf Hitler. This book caused great controversy; the disagreement this book caused even led to the Church placing the book into the prohibited index. After his book was published and read‚ Machiavelli had become known as the founder of modern day‚ secular politics. Niccolo now wore the title of “father to political science”. Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ is considered to be the first modern book on
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