Machiavellianism

After all options have a number, the columns are then added up and totaled to get two numbers, Score A and Score B. Though, I am not completely sure how to interpret this data—I did, however, score a 72 for A and a 78 for B. Machiavellianism In this test, questions were merely answered and the results given back to the participant. Upon the results, it was established that I received a 51 out of 100. This is placed in the category of low Machs, which apparently is not ideal for…

Genesis, Augustine’s Confession and The Thousands and One Nights are texts that manifest similarities and divergence if they are juxtaposed. Indeed, those three text have major common themes as religion, social and political milieus. Augustine’s Confession represent the first autobiographical work. Saint Augustin confesses his faults, and exalt the glory of God. He tells his depraved youth, and his conversion to Christianism. He wonders about the origin of the evil, delivers his reflections on…

“The world at the beginning of the twenty-first century is a strange cocktail of continuity and change. Some aspects of international politics have not changed since Thucydides. There is certain logic of hostility, a dilemma about security that goes with interstate politics. Alliances, balances of power, and choices in policy between war and compromise have remained similar over the millennia" Since Thucydides era; before the existence of many ideas like nations and politics the struggle for…

Hofstede’s (1980) dimension of power distance measures the degree to which members of an organization or a culture accept that power is distributed unequally. If the people of a country have a high power distance index, they are supposed to accept inequalities and are improbable to question their superiors. Collectivism versus Individualism is the extent to which people view themselves as part of an organization, family or group. The pursuit of self-interests and personal achievement is…

Out of the digital divide an addiction to social media is born. What does internet addiction look like? Well, think back to Jamie who had become preoccupied with her virtual community; seeking more friends, more comments on her posts and more likes on her pictures to create a euphoric feeling for herself. Jamie becomes uncomfortable when she is unable to connect to social media—Moody, restless and depressed—all signs of withdrawal. The first thing that Jamie does in the morning, once her…

The Prince is debatably the initial composition of contemporary dogmatic philosophy, and unique from its practicality-versus-perfectionism contemplation. It is not meant as a universal moral philosophy for the public, but rather a narrowly directed guide for politicians. However, the government style he creates in Prince contradicts with the republic he creates supports in Discourses. The Renaissance era, acknowledged for its confinement of numerous significant philosophers, such as…

scales not directly measuring extraversion. Namely, researchers have found that the aggressive humour style correlates: negatively with pleasing others (22); with shyness (32); with poorer interpersonal relationships (36); and with psychopathy and machiavellianism – which indicates cold and manipulative behaviour…

Leadership practice and theory Kempster, Jackson & Conroy (2011) believe that it is possible for the social purpose to articulate and develop in corporate leadership however it’s an appreciation of the context is needed to become manifest, the making sense of leadership appropriate end goals and the restrictions on the nature of societal discourse. We will need to focus on how worthy purpose, internal goods, and virtues can be pursued in the corporate context. (Kempster, Jackson & Conroy…

Even admitting Machiavelli was autograph in a apple absolutely altered to that of our own, his thoughts and theories are still animate in our association today. (Machiavellian Backroom 2011) Backroom has afflicted over the years and it is definately not the aforementioned as it was on 1513 if Machiavelli wrote his argument The Prince, but capital groundsills of the backroom accept remained the same. Therefore abounding Machiavelli’s account can be able-bodied acclimated in our society.…

megalomania, with Gandalf laying the blame of Gondor’s disrepair upon “childless lords [sitting] in aged halls musing on heraldry”. Hence, while Shakespeare sees political ploys as a natural aspect of the enterprise, Jackson’s film represents Machiavellianism as a rejection of one’s political…