PRS607 Luna Community Leadership Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Paper

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Per our course syllabus, I made note that each of you would have a paper due at the end of the semester. I mentioned that you would need to choose to read either The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli or The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Both books can be downloaded for free from iBooks or checked out from the UNA library. They can sometimes even be purchased from thrift stores if you are lucky.

So, what are you to do in this paper? First both books offer the reader insight into leadership and organizations where we might define the latter in terms of an army, a community, a political entity. Both may be viewed as dark treatises but both may also been seen as shining a light upon virtue in the sense that lessons can be learned, pitfalls avoided, and intellectualism and creativity encouraged. Many have read these books and just as many have commented on them. There is no shortage of discussions on the internet.

Please understand that I am not asking you to write a book review. Rather, I am asking you to write on each of the following points:

  • What is the proper role of a leader and what are their obligations as such?
  • What is the proper role of the follower and what are their obligations as such?
  • What do these readings inspire in you as strategies to maintain the complex/formal organization as we have studied it this semester?
  • Discuss in your paper, one additional point from your choice of book that you consider to be a valuable "takeaway". Explain why it is important to you.

As you address these three points, you must draw quotes from the book that support your reasoning. You may draw information from published sources to support your rationale but you must prepare a reference page and cite those sources properly within your text.

This is to be an APA formatted paper. I expect to see a cover page, an abstract or executive summary, a Table of Contents, a properly formatted body of your written work, and a reference page/s.

I envision this paper being no longer than 10 double-spaced typed pages using a standard 11 or 12 point font with 1 inch left, right, top and bottom margins.

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Running head LEADERSHIP

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Abstract

Niccolo Machiavelli, a political theorist, wrote the book ‘The Prince’ for political
treaties. This book been established as the most remembered book and its work has been
accountable for taking Machiavellian into the attention. It has been referred by many that it is a
satirical book and that the views expounded by Machiavellian emphasize on the need for the
prince to be of stern principles. His opinion can be regarded as extreme, but he says them from
experience since he wrote the book while he was in Florence at a time when it was in constant
political conflict. The book was written primarily to guide the prince on how to keep powers that
are obtained and the method an aspiring prince can use to acquire the throne. Through the
writing of this book, Machiavellian shares his insightful wisdom of a prince should be principled
to protect his people from harm and to protect himself from the cruelty of this world. Him having
soundness of action and decision to make the world a better living place for princes and subject
about the application of his experience, intelligence, and good judgment demonstrate a person
with adequate wisdom the following paragraphs show how he used his knowledge to come up
with principles for princes. This paper is aimed at discussing the roles and responsibilities of
leaders and followers.

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Introduction

From the 16th century, a political book, The Prince, was written by Niccolò Machiavelli
that explicated the numerous attributes and qualities a leader must have with the intention of
being an effective leader. Being loved or feared, virtues, and intelligence are among those
characteristics. A leader portrayed by Machiavelli does not essentially need to be smart based on
his or her standards of intelligence today. Rather, the leader must be good at the social
manipulation art to be ‘The Prince’ that Machiavelli has discussed in his book.
Roles and Responsibilities of Leader and Followers
Between the followers and the leaders, the relationship within an organization
considerably determines the organization’s success. Certain individuals overlook the
followership importance, but in determining the success of the organization, followership is
significant equally as leadership. Consequently, it is valuable to improve the performance of
followers. Between the followers and the leader, there is an interdependent kind of relationship
as one cannot exist deprived of the other. For an individual to be a leader, he/she needs to have
minimum one individual following him/her, and for one to be well-thought-out as a follower,
there needs to be a leader providing them with direction (Machiavelli, 2008).
The role of decision making is ultimately assumed by the leaders. The effectiveness of
someone as a leader is also measured based on whether the followers trust the leaders or not. For
trust to be established, there must be loyalty between the two parties. It is important for followers
to be loyal to their leaders and for leaders to show loyalty to their followers so that they can both
establish trust in their relationship. In most cases though, the leader, even in the cases of
partnerships or where followers are empowered, has the ultimate responsibility and power
(Chaleff, 2002). For instance, leaders like company CEOs, government agencies leaders, the

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