Management and Machiavelli : discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft / Antony Jay.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264) and index.

Management and Machiavelli -- The state, the corporation, and the devil -- The Machiavelli method -- From baronies to empires -- The king and the barons -- The American papacy -- Renaissance and Reformation -- Centralization or decentralization? -- The fearful symmetry -- The creative manager -- Creative intercourse -- Educating for creativeness -- Creative groups -- The yogi and the commissar -- The vision -- Fame and feedback -- Chamber of horrors -- Barons and courtiers -- The successor -- The emperor -- Spot the winner -- Gresham's law of management -- The general -- Risk and restraint -- Religion and the corporation -- Nonconformism -- The principle of self-interest -- Democracy and the corporation state -- Conclusion.