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
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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
The Prince (click for free download), Niccolo Machiavelli (free on Google Books)
Optional:
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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
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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 5, #1 |
Assignment 0-A: books
Syllabus Q&A |
Introduction, Language, The Language of Organizations, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Tue, Mar 12, #2 |
Assignment 0-B: voting
Movie: Race for Berlin[4]
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Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation, Leadership, Work & Trust Organizational Policies Collaboration vs. Competition in Organizations (Case Study) Should Leaders Compete? |
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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 at: - Yahoo - Amazon - Apple - Army - IBM - AA
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Tue, Mar 19, #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, March 26, #4 |
Paper 2
Movie: Managerial/Team Leadership
Movie: Corporate Leadership
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Definition of Leadership, Leadership Roles, Authorities and Accountabilities Organizational and Leadership Systems, Systems Analysis Structure of the Organization Leadership Capability |
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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 2, #5 |
Movie: Challenger |
Leadership Decision-Making Rational and Irrational Leadership Decision-making: Are Leaders Rational People? |
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Tue, Apr 9, #6 |
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General Review Team / Individual Project Work & Review On Leadership and Psychopaths Obedience to Authority Moral, Ethical, and Spiritual Issues of Organizations Building a Social Business |
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Tue, April 16, – |
Emancipation Day Observed (University Closed) |
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Tue, Apr 23 #7 |
Exams 1, 2, 3 Paper 3, graduating seniors |
(Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Tue, Apr 30, #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.
