hose who become princes through their skill acquire the principality with difficulty, but they hold on to it easily (21). Machiavelli suggests that the difficulties arise, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are obliged to introduce in order to found their state and their security (21). Again, Machiavelli stresses that any time there is a change in the natural order of things people have a tendency to want to fight or resist that change. This is true to some extent in the business world as well. When the situation arises that a new boss or manager has been promoted, there is always a fear that changes he/she will make will in some way affect job descriptions or responsibilities of each individual employee. Usually this change is looked upon in a negative connotation and automatically resisted. However, the new boss has no options but to implement changes. They have obviously been placed in this position because the prior boss was not utilizing his/her skills to enhance the betterment of the company. That is, that his/her ways of doing things were not working; therefore, changes in policy would be deemed necessary.Change is not always to be feared. Yet, people today as well as those of yesterday will always accept it hesitantly. This is perhaps most true when it involves a change in those who govern or employ us. Machiavelli details not only how principalities can be obtained but also how they can be maintained in The Prince. From the views he expresses, one can compare in todays society how positions in management can be made available and how difficulties avoided. ...
