Leadership, Welcome to Abilene & Brave New World!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mon-Wed, 12:30-1:50 PM, 38-104 (209)
Live Online Access: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/sivanov (emergencies only), instructions
Student Support: Hany Makhlouf Academic Center for Student Support (38-114)
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
These books are also given to students free of charge as a collection of articles:
Obedience to Authority, ISBN: 006131983X, Stanley Milgram (free on Google), free downloadable PDF (in UDC Library on Reserve)
The Prince (click for free download), Niccolo Machiavelli (free on Google Books)
Optional:
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, ISBN: 1594204047, Thomas E. Ricks
A General Theory of Bureaucracy, ISBN: 0435824783, Elliott Jaques
Out of the Crisis, ISBN: 0262541157, W. Edwards Deming (in UDC Library on Reserve)
The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 0465007694, James J. Lynch
A Cry Unheard: New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness, ISBN: 1890862118, James J. Lynch (in UDC Library on Reserve)
The Principles of Scientific Management, ISBN: 0393003981, Frederick Taylor
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
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
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
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Project Due |
Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Week 1: |
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Mon, Aug 26, #1 |
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Introduction |
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Wed, Aug 28, #2 |
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Introduction |
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Week 2: |
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Mon, Sep 2, – |
Labor Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Sep 4, #3 |
Syllabus Q&A |
Language, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Week 3: |
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Mon, Sep 9, #4 |
Assignment 0-A: books |
“How Are We Doing?” class discussion of leadership principles and values |
Leadership Values at: - Yahoo - Microsoft - Amazon - Apple - Army - IBM - AA - Uber - University |
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Wed, Sep 11, #5 |
Assignment 0-B: voting |
Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation |
Harvey – Cheating
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Week 4: |
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Mon, Sep 16, #6 |
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Collaboration vs. Competition in Organizations, case study |
Deming
– 1 Milgram – 1, 2 Machiavelli – 1-6 Productive Narcissist |
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Wed, Sep 18, #7 |
Movie: Race for Berlin[4] |
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Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class) |
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Week 5: |
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Mon, Sep 23, #8 |
Paper 1 |
Leadership Decision-Making |
Dixon
– 3 (large font) (in UDC Library on Reserve) |
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Wed, Sep 25, #9 |
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Rational and Irrational Leadership Decision-Making |
Milgram – 3, 4 Machiavelli – 7, 8 |
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Week 6: |
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Mon, Sep 30, #10 |
Movie: Challenger (case study) |
Leadership Case Study Systems Analysis, Binds of the Organization, Defects, Accountability, case study of defects
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Deming
– 2 Milgram – 5, 6 Machiavelli – 9, 10, 11 |
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Wed, Oct 2, #11 |
Distinguished Lecture Series, On Leadership Special Event, Guest Speaker: Darryl Vernon Poole The Changing Eras of Civilizations: My Experiences of 50 Years of the Past and 50 Years into the Future |
Deming
– 3 Milgram – 7 Machiavelli – 12, 13 |
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Week 7: |
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Mon, Oct 7, #12 |
Paper 2 |
Term Project Topic
Discussion
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Deming
– 4 Machiavelli – 14, 15 |
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Wed, Oct 9, #13 |
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Team Forming, Topic Selection, & Project Work |
Deming
– 4 Machiavelli – 14, 15 |
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Week 8: |
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Mon, Oct 14, – |
Columbus Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Oct 16, #14 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Building a Social
Business Structure of the Organization
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Deming
– 5 Milgram – 8, 9, 10 Machiavelli – 16-18 |
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Week 9: |
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Mon, Oct 21, #15 |
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Building a Social Business |
Deming
– 6 Milgram – 11 Machiavelli – 19 |
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Wed, Oct 23, #16 |
Movie: Food Inc. and Tyson Foods (case study) |
Case Study, Ethical and Social
Responsibility Discussion/Case of a Black Swan Presented Building a Social Business Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
Milgram – 12 Machiavelli – 20 |
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Video Lecture 2: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class) |
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Week 10: |
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Mon, Oct 28, #17 |
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Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
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Wed, Oct 30, #18 |
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Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 13 Machiavelli – 22, 23 |
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Week 11: |
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Mon, Nov 4, #19 |
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Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
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Wed, Nov 6, #20 |
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Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 13 Machiavelli – 22, 23 |
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Week 12: |
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Mon, Nov 11, – |
Veteran’s Day Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Nov 13, #21 |
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Obedience to Authority |
Milgram – 14 Machiavelli – 25 |
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Week 13: |
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Mon, Nov 18, #22 |
Exams 2 & 3 |
General Review |
Milgram – 15 Machiavelli – 26 |
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Wed, Nov 20, #23 |
Exam 1 |
Exam 1 (Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Week 14: |
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Mon, Nov 25, #24 |
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Wed, Nov 27, #25 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 15: |
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Mon, Dec 2, #26 |
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Wed, Dec 4, #27 |
Class Party |
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Week 16: |
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Mon, Dec 9, #28 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Wed, Dec 11, #29 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 17: |
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Mon, Dec 16, #30 |
Paper 3 (final version) |
Exams 2 & 3 (additional) |
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[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).
Instruction Method: Conversations[1] and Discussions, Group Exercises, Papers, and Projects
Attendance: is mandatory. University defines attendance as follows: www.sbpa.info/advising-registration/procedures-policies/university-policies
Definition of attendance-good class participation, and missed/unprepared class:
Good class participation (attendance) is defined as being visibly present during entire duration of the class, actively taking notes, and contributing (see technology expectations below). Coming to class not having read the required reading assignments, using a cellphone, or other electronic devices during class, as well as eating, talking, sleeping, leaving-returning, and other non-participative behaviors, is considered as one missed class, not earning the attendance-participation credit. Two 15-30 min late count as one missed class. Thirty or more minutes late count as one missed class.
Technology Expectations
Please turn off all electronic devices and put them away. The students must obtain a notebook for this class, and take notes by hand using a pen. The following commentary explains some of my reasoning to using this approach (click here to access the opinion).
Assignments: Papers 1, 2, and 3
Grading: 2017-2019 Course Catalog, The Undergraduate Grading System (p. 51)
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Grading Method: |
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Assignment: |
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Paper 1 |
Required |
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5 |
100 – 90 |
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Paper 2 |
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15 |
80 – 89 |
B |
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Paper 3, term project |
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25 |
70 – 79 |
C |
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Paper 3 Presentation |
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10 |
60 – 69 |
D |
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Exam 1, in-class |
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30 |
59 and below |
F |
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Exam 2, take-home |
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15 |
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Great Book/Other Extra Credit |
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TOTAL: |
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100 |
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Discussion Credit: This credit is granted for good class participation. Students who miss five or less classes during the semester earn 15 credit points. If earned, the students may substitute this credit for exam 2, and only exam 2.
[1] The word conversation has a root in the word life, from Old French, conversation, or Latin, conversationem (nom. conversatio) "act of living with" ((2008). Conversation Definition. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conversation: Dictionary.com).
