Lao-tzu and Machiavelli had a similar view of government. ... Machiavelli had a direct and effective view of government. ... Another obligation of a leader according to Lao-tzu, was if one wanted to be a good leader, one must put themselves below the people and be willing to follow the people. ... Lao-tzu and Machiavelli both believed that the leader's main objective was to work with the people to achieve a more successful government, even though they went about it differently. ... Both leaders went about it in different ways, but Lao-tzu and Machiavelli's main work of the state, ...

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The leaders tasks are complex and most important involve making decisions for the people the leader will represent. ... A leader who is not doing any good for his followers will not for long be a leader. ... Another quote from Machiavelli's The Prince makes this task of representing the people to be very important for the image of the leader since what people see is so important. ... By reading the works of Sun Tzu and Machiavelli on leadership we now understand that the job of being a leader is a very complex one that hard to say how to do right. ... This is a quote by Machiavelli that v...

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According to Mintzberg, the leader role represents rules of conduct that corresponds to a specific institution. ... Beginning with the foundation principles of management given by Sun-tzu in "The Art of War", Machiavelli and "The Prince" or Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" had an important role in the past because of the importance of managing daily activities. ...

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