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In this revised edition of his 1967 work, Jay revisits the principles of ancient government and applies them to the management of modern-day business enterprises. Along with John Cleese, Jay (who has been knighted for his contributions to British broadcasting) founded the British educational video production company, Video Arts. Jay again tackles the topic of management and how ideas introduced in Machiavelli's Prince can be adapted to today's organizations. The writing is engaging and quite humorous. The chapter titles themselves are intriguing: "From Baronies to Empires," "Yogi and the Commissar," and my favorite, "Chamber of Horrors." Jay's intention, he writes, is to take a current problem and examine it in light of the experiences of others who have faced a similar problem in the past. Highly recommended for all academic as well as large public libraries.-Margaret B. Bartlett, Rochester Inst. of Technology, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Antony Rupert Jay was born in London, England on April 20, 1930. He received a degree in classics and comparative philology from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1952. After serving two years with the Royal Signal Corps, he joined the current affairs department of BBC Television, where he developed the current affairs program Tonight. He became editor of the program and head of the television talk features department. He left the BBC in 1964 to become a freelance writer and producer.

He wrote for the programs That Was the Week That Was and The Frost Report and the documentaries The Royal Family and Elizabeth R.: A Year in the Life of the Queen. He was a writer and producer of management training films for Video Arts. He created the television shows Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

He wrote several books during his lifetime including Management and Machiavelli: An Inquiry Into the Politics of Corporate Life, Effective Presentation: The Communication of Ideas by Words and Visual Aids, The Householder's Guide to Community Defense Against Bureaucratic Aggression, and Corporation Man. He was the co-author with David Frost for To England with Love and with Jonathan Lynn for The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. They later collaborated on a stage version of Yes Prime Minister. Jay died on August 21, 2016 at the age of 86.

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