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The paper looks at how democratic leaders, such as Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and autocratic leaders, such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, dealt with the many problems of the interwar years. The paper shows how democratic leaders utilized the law for the good of the people, whereas autocratic leaders utilized the law for the good of themselves and their nation as a whole, without regard for the average citizen. The paper discusses how while Stalin and Hitler were inhumanly awful men, they also implemented economic policies that boosted productivity and lowered the unemployment rate, and while Hoover and Roosevelt worked towards the good of the people, they also used tactics to forcefully obtain their goals for the country.

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"The years directly after World War One were a time of rebuilding and renewal, in order to recover from the staggering loss of men and destruction caused by a war that had been unexpectedly and astonishingly colossal. The consequent stock market crash could not have occured at a more unpropitious moment. The necessary reconstruction of the world and the economic crisis of the Great Depression created an overabundance of challenges for nations' leaders. Both democratic leaders, such as Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and autocratic leaders, such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, dealt with the many problems of the interwar years with an arsenal of solutions that were both similar and dissimilar."

Tags:democracy, autocracy, unemployment, productivity, economy

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This paper discusses leadership, noting that leadership serves the needs of different organizations in different ways. The paper looks at how military leadership is centralized and autocratic, but discusses how in the business world, more people are using a collaborative form of leadership such as servant leadership. The paper addresses how to change autocratic leadership to servant leadership, as may be necessary if a military leader moves into the business world, or if an autocratic business leader recognizes the need to change to a servant leadership style.

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"Leadership serves the needs of different organizations in different ways. Military leadership is centralized and autocratic. Autocratic leadership is also found in the business world, but more and more that approach is seen as less effective than a more collaborative form of leadership such as servant leadership, the latter a concept developed by Robert Greenleaf and others who reject the value of top-down leadership such as autocratic leadership and instead see leadership as a process involving collaboration and guidance. This raises the question of how to change autocratic leadership to servant leadership, as may be necessary if a military leader moves into the business world., or if an autocratic business leader..."

Tags:servant, military, leadership

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The paper looks at military leadership and relates that, although autocratic leadership is found in the business world, this approach is seen as less effective than a more collaborative form of leadership such as servant leadership. The paper explores how to change autocratic leadership to servant leadership. The paper discusses the differences between demanding compliance and offering guidance and seeking collaboration.

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"The definition of leadership offered by the military is reasonable and applies to all leadership styles: "Leadership is influencing people---by providing purpose, direction, and motivation---while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization" (Department of the Army, 1999, Chapter 1). The issue then becomes how to influence people, whether by fiat so as to demand compliance, or by offering guidance and seeking collaboration. Those trained to gain compliance one way may have difficulty shifting to a different means of leading."

Tags:military, hierarchy, demands, compliance, subordination, collaboration

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This paper alleges that each leadership style is important and effective depending on the organization, the circumstance and the task at hand. These management styles include: autocratic, transformational and transactional. The paper asserts that understanding which model will work best for a particular organization is a function of an adept manager who knows their industry, pool of employees and the tasks at hand.

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"There are three overarching schools of thought highlighting best management approaches in business: Autocratic, Transformational and Transactional. The difference in these approaches has to do with leadership style and employee expectation. In every business, it is expected that a chain of command exists; and, that superiors communicate orders and subordinates receive and execute orders accordingly (Spencer). This paper asserts that each management style is appropriate and "best" depending on the organization and task at hand. To explore this hypothesis, this paper applies each of the three management styles to two..."

Tags:business, leadership, style

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This paper explores two particular styles of leadership; that of autocratic and democratic. It examines the pros and cons of each, representing how it works in solving real life problems within organizations. The paper discusses how organizations such as the Department of the Navy need to be able to rely on the strengths of both, and more styles in order to cope with the various problems subsequently encountered. The paper contends that synergy proves essential when dealing with such a wide range of problems, along with minimizing the effects of the cons of all styles.

Tags:business, problem, solving

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This paper discusses the shrewd use of youthful French nationalism by Napoleon to gain autocratic power at home while successfully conquering Western Europe.

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This business paper discusses management styles. Autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and situational leadership styles are analyzed. Since scenarios keep changing and especially because the recent years have seen vast transformation in organizations all over the world, the situational style of management is identified as the most appropriate approach.

Tags:best, management, styles

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This paper discusses the most influential of Plato's works, "The Republic". The author analyzes Plato's anti-democratic concept of the philosopher king, or the hypothetical ruler - that he should rule wisely and dispassionately, without a desire for personal gain like an autocrat. The paper also discusses Plato's ideal form of society, which is a carefully structured caste system and membership in each social stratum based upon each individual's capabilities. While agreeing with Plato's notions of the ideal republic, the author argues that the ideal selection of the philosopher king most often than not results from a shadowy and undemocratic process. The author also advocates that although democracy may sometimes be seen as a failure, it is a failure of choice.

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"According to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, the true philosopher-king is an individual who, though once imprisoned like his fellow dwellers on earth, justifies his leadership of a society because of his liberation from the intellectual constraints created by the superficial nature of material, mundane human existence. Plato's concept of the nature of reality, the ability of human beings to apprehend knowledge within their cognitive limits, and his view of how society should be reconstructed are all tied to his fundamentally anti-democratic notion of the ideal 'philosopher king.' The ideal king rules wisely and dispassionately, without a desire for personal gain like an autocrat, or with an easily-swayed will like that of a demos, or democratic body of citizens ruling a polis by consensus"

Tags:caste system, democracy politics ethics

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This paper examines the life of Nicholas II and the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1918. It begins by examining Nicholas role as an autocrat and the way he dealt with the political, social and economic grievances in twentieth-century Russia. It looks at the Tsar's failure to address these problems and finally the role of WW1 in the fall of the Tsarist regime.

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"Nicholas II was Russia's last monarch and the last Tsar in the Romanov line that had ruled the largest empire in the world for over 300 years. This mighty dynasty was to fall in a few short years of war, revolution and social turmoil. The reign and eventual fall of Nicholas II would change the course of Russian and international history forever."

Tags:bolsheviks, century, nicholas, one, rasputin, revolution, russia, twentieth, war, world

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This paper looks at the differences and the similarities in Machiavelli's famous work, "The Prince", and his lesser read work, "Discourses on Livy". The paper points out that the main difference in the two works is that "The Prince" presents a model for an aspiring autocrat, while "Discourses on Livy" presents Machiavelli's preference and belief in a republican form of government rule. The paper also points out that the primary similarity between the two works is Machiavelli's strict adherence to a pragmatic approach to government.

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"Indeed, a letter written by Machiavelli was discovered in 1810, which suggested that he wrote The Prince for the simple fact that he wished to end the senseless and ceaseless invasion of Italy by foreign powers and he felt that "[t]o liberate Italy from the influence of foreign governments, Machiavelli explains that strong indigenous governments are important, even if they are absolutist"; meaning that, although Machiavelli was a staunch and firm believer in the validity and benefits of governance based on the republic model, he nonetheless considered it more important to set up an indigenous Italian rule first."

Tags:political, philosophers, renaissance, europe, teacher, of, evil, monarchy, italy