Modern-day politicians have been keen to take on board brilliant minds from the world of management. Pascale has worked for the US Government, while Kanter was an advisor to the Democrat party, with some of her ideas having been adopted by President Bill Clinton.
Going back in time, much of Machiavelli's work was on the political stage, while Marx was very much a political animal. Rathenau was the German Foreign Minster at the time of his assassination.