Dial M for MacHiavelli MacHiavellian Metaphors for Managers |
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Author:
| Attar, Hooman |
ISBN: | 978-1-4836-4201-7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.03 |
Book Description:
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There is an extensive literature on politics dating back to Hobbes and Machiavelli. However, much of it does not attract the audience involved with the day-to-day realities of contemporary office politics. "Dial M for Machiavelli" is an attempt to collect and sort out some of the Machiavelli's or Machiavellian metaphors for active busy (or what I call mobile) managers interested in organizational politics and yet do not have the opportunity or the time to go into the depth and...
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There is an extensive literature on politics dating back to Hobbes and Machiavelli. However, much of it does not attract the audience involved with the day-to-day realities of contemporary office politics. "Dial M for Machiavelli" is an attempt to collect and sort out some of the Machiavelli's or Machiavellian metaphors for active busy (or what I call mobile) managers interested in organizational politics and yet do not have the opportunity or the time to go into the depth and details of the academic literature in this field.