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Article: The tyrant executive.
- Article from:
- Advances in Competitiveness Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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In order to situate themselves on the power stage, tyrants do not hesitate to use whatever means are available to optimally serve their own interests. Whether they appear in the business or political arena, tyrants share three primary characteristics: a feeling of indispensability and self glorification, intolerance of opinions and acts which might deviate from their own, and a tendency to blindly or brutally resort to whatever actions they think necessary to maximize their benefits.
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