DUKE EMMANUEL
RICHELIEU
Duke Emmanuel Richelieu, who is mostly called simply Duke in Odesa, was
born on September 25, 1766 in the French city of Bordeaux. He received a
brilliant education at the best college in Paris, served in the Guards,
inherited from his father the position of the First close to King Louis XIV.
In 1803 Richelieu became the founder of Odesa
and from 1805 to 1814 is governor-general of Odesa.
The Duke de Richelieu, as an enlightened and
advanced person of his time, was familiar with the work of N. Machiavelli's
“The Prince”, written in the early XVI century. He knew that according to
Machiavelli's principles, power and its application in different circumstances
are the levers of control. He realized that any power depends on the
performers. Proper based on mutual respect relations between government and
subordinates are the key to success. His leadership and control had to be
natural and authoritative.
Among the managerial achievements of the Duke de
Richelieu should be noted the linear-functional (mixed) management structure he
built, which combined the power of the line manager and the power of functional
units.
Founder Richelieu's leadership, which he
exercised through personal qualities, situational and behavioral approaches,
combined with an authoritarian approach, a developed system of effective
influence on people through persuasion affected the economic results of his
management of the city.
Thus, during the rule of Odesa, the Duke de
Richelieu were built and arranged port, quarantine, customs, churches, theater,
hospital, the first city printing house, educational institutions, gardens,
streets, cottages.
The Duke de Richelieu combined the abilities of
a prominent administrator with extreme simplicity and modesty in life. He lived
in a small one-story house on the corner of modern Derybasivska and
Richelievska streets, and always found money for charity from his small
capital.
Indeed, Founder Richelieu is an example of unique completely selfless
and dedicated service to the city of Odesa.
