The work of Niccolo Machiavelli doesn't have to be the only literary inspiration for business executives looking for an effective path to the top. The Cranfield School of Management in London is offering courses on the works of William Shakespeare to help generals of business proceed nobly through the ranks. Seminars are conducted out of the historic Globe Theatre where Shakespeare himself put on his comedies and tragedies, and are taught by Richard Olivier, son of Sir Laurence.
Corporate life has more control over people's lives than governments do.
Just keep the suits away from John Steinbeck and Karl Marx.