Mirrors for Princes - How 'Tips for Tyrants' Became Cliches of Leadership

"Mirrors for Princes is a history of the business book. Predating modern leadership and management literature by thousands of years, common to cultures throughout the world, mirrors for princes, as this genre was known, taught kings, queens, sultans, and other rulers how to lead their subjects. Machiavelli's The Prince and Aristotle's tips for tyrants in The Politics are but the best-known examples. Often written for general audiences, this literature also taught readers to copy the virtues of fabled leaders and to follow the lead of their own rulers. After falling out of favor for the last two centuries, the genre found new life in modern mirrors for managers, which are riddled with the same self-serving clichâes. This book seeks to familiarize readers with the clichâes of mirrors for princes, so they can more easily recognize them in both academic and popular literature on leadership"--

About the author

Michael Keeley, PhD, emeritus professor of management at Loyola University Chicago, is the author of A Social-Contract Theory of Organizations (1988) and has published his research in top-tier journals in both management and business ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Keeley, Keeley Michael
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2024
• EAN: 9781647125530
• ISBN: 978-1-64712-553-0
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History of Ideas, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, HISTORY / Social History, EDUCATION / Leadership, Business ethics & social responsibility, Management: leadership & motivation, Social and cultural history, Management: leadership and motivation, Business ethics and social responsibility, Educational strategies and policy