Leadership in Organizations, Welcome to Abilene!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Tuesdays, 6-9:30 PM, 38-209
Live Online Access: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/sivanov (emergencies only)
Office Hours: Before/after class, and by appointment (online, day, evenings, and weekends)
Course Readings:
Required:
The
New Economics for Industry, Government, Education,
ISBN: 0911379053, W. Edwards Deming
On
the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0465097804, Norman Dixon
Obedience
to Authority, ISBN: 006131983X, Stanley Milgram (free
on Google), free
downloadable PDF
The Prince (click for free download), Niccolo Machiavelli (free on Google Books)
Optional:
A Cry Unheard: New Insights into
the Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 1890862118, James J. Lynch
The Broken Heart: The Medical
Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 0465007694, James J. Lynch
The
Principles of Scientific Management, ISBN:
0393003981, Frederick Taylor
Out of the Crisis,
ISBN: 0262541157, W. Edwards Deming
On
the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon
A
General Theory of Bureaucracy, ISBN: 0435824783,
Elliott Jaques
Organization,
ISBN:
0140217606, Wilfred Brown
Swatting Flies and Telling Lies: Stories
of a Mad Organizational Consultant, Jerry
B. Harvey
Executive Leadership: A Practical
Guide to Managing Complexity, ISBN: 0962107018, Elliott
Jaques, Stephen D. Clement
It's All
About Work: Organizing Your Company To Get Work Done, ISBN: 0988639602,
Stephen D. Clement
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on
the Banality of Evil, ISBN: 0140187650, Hannah Arendt
Escape from Freedom,
ISBN: 0805031499, Erich Fromm
Our
Own Worst Enemy, ISBN: 0708840388, Norman F.
Dixon
How Come Every Time I Get
Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? And Other Meditations on
Management, ISBN: 0787947873, Jerry Harvey
The Different Drum: Community
Making and Peace, ISBN: 0684848589, M.
Scott Peck
People of the Lie: The Hope
for Healing Human Evil, ISBN: 0684848597, M.
Scott Peck
Requisite Organization,
ISBN: 1886436045, Elliott Jaques
Social Power and the CEO,
ISBN: 1567205518, Elliott Jaques
Narcissistic
Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails,
ISBN: 1422104141, Michael Maccoby
The
Leaders We Need, ISBN: 1422101665, Michael Maccoby
Accountability Leadership: How to
Strengthen Productivity Through Sound Managerial Leadership,
ISBN: 1564145514, Gerald A. Kraines
The Art
of War, ISBN: 0195014766, Sun Tzu
(author), Samuel Griffith (translator)
The Age of Fallibility,
ISBN: 1586483595, George Soros
The Visible Hand: The
Managerial Revolution in American Business,
ISBN: 0674940520, Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
Relativity: The Special and
the General Theory--A Clear Explanation that Anyone Can Understand,
ISBN: 0517029618, Albert Einstein
Man's Search for Meaning,
ISBN: 0807014273, Viktor E. Frankl
Unhealthy Societies: The
Afflictions of Inequality, ISBN: 0415092353, Richard
G. Wilkinson
The
Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, ISBN: 1594204047, Thomas E. Ricks
Building
Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most
Pressing Needs, ISBN: 1586488244, Muhammad Yunus
Physics of the Future: How Science
Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100,
ISBN: 0307473333, Michio Kaku
The Prophet, ISBN: 0394404289, Kahlil
Gibran
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Project Due |
Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Tue, Mar 13, #1 |
Assignment 0-A: books |
Introduction, Language, The Language of Organizations, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Tue, Mar 20, #2 |
Assignment 0-B: voting |
Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues,
Loneliness, Conversation, Leadership, Work & Trust |
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Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Reading
Day 1: Dixon
– 3, 1-29 Milgram – 1-7 Working
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Tue, Mar 27, #3 |
Paper 1 |
Leadership Characteristics / Case Study |
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Video Lecture 2: The Alien Perspective on Humanity (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Tue, Apr 3, #4 |
Paper
2 Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Definition of Leadership, Leadership Roles, Authorities
and Accountabilities |
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Video Lecture 3: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class / reading day) |
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Reading
Day 2: Deming – 1-10 Milgram – 8-15 Machiavelli – 1-25 |
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Tue, Apr 10, #5 |
Movie: Challenger |
Leadership Decision-Making |
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Tue, Apr 17, #6 |
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General Review |
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Tue, Apr 24 #7 |
Exams 1, 2, 3 |
(Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Tue, May 1, #8 |
Paper 3 |
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[1] Dates and topics on the syllabus may change slightly to accommodate the class’ needs.
[2] UDC Academic Calendar: www.udc.edu/registrar/academic-calendars
[3] All assigned reading is due before class; for a complete required reading list, please visit the class’ website at www.SergeyIvanov.org (all articles are posted as PDF files on the class web site – italicized above).
[4] All movies used in class are mini-movies on a specific topic to encourage and enhance the class conversation.
