Leadership, Welcome to Abilene!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mon-Wed, 11-12:20 PM, 38-213
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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
These books are given to students free of charge as a collection of articles:
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:
On
the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon, free access online,
Chapter
– 3 (large font)
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
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
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
The
Prophet, ISBN: 0394404289, Kahlil Gibran
Project Due |
Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Week 1: |
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Wed, Jan 9, #1 |
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Introduction |
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Week 2: |
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Mon, Jan 14, #2 |
Assignment 0-A: books |
Introduction |
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Wed, Jan 16, #3 |
Syllabus Q&A |
Language, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Week 3: |
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Mon, Jan 21, – |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Jan 23, #4 |
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Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation |
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Week 4: |
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Mon, Jan 28, #5 |
Assignment 0-B: voting |
“How Are We Doing?” |
Deming
– 1 |
Wed, Jan 30, #6 |
Movie: Race for Berlin[4] |
Collaboration vs. Competition in Organizations, case study |
Machiavelli – 6 |
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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, Feb 4, #7 |
Paper 1 |
Leadership Decision-Making |
Dixon
– 3 (large font) |
Wed, Feb 6, #8 |
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Rational and Irrational Leadership Decision-Making |
Milgram – 3, 4 |
Week 6: |
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Mon, Feb 11, #9 |
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Systems Analysis, Binds of the Organization, Defects, Accountability, case study of defects |
Deming
– 3 |
Wed, Feb 13, #10 |
Movie: Challenger (case study) |
Leadership Case Study |
Milgram – 7 |
Week 7: |
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Mon, Feb 18, – |
President's Day Observed (University Closed) |
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Wed, Feb 20, #11 |
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Term Project Topic Discussion |
Deming
– 4 |
Week 8: |
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Mon, Feb 25, #12 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Team Forming, Topic Selection, & Project Work |
Deming
– 5 |
Wed, Feb 27, #13 |
Paper 2 |
Building a Social Business |
Milgram – 10 |
Week 9: |
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Mon, Mar 4, #14 |
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Building a Social Business |
Deming
– 6 |
Wed, Mar 6, #15 |
Movie: Food Inc. and Tyson Foods (case study) |
Case
Study, Ethical and Social Responsibility |
Milgram – 12 |
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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, Mar 11, – |
Spring Break – Have Fun!! J |
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Wed, Mar 13, – |
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Week 11: |
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Mon, Mar 18, #16 |
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Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
Wed, Mar 20, #17 |
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Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 13 |
Week 12: |
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Mon, Mar 25, #18 |
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Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 14 |
Wed, Mar 27, #19 |
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Obedience to Authority |
Machiavelli – 25 |
Week 13: |
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Mon, Apr 1, #20 |
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Obedience to Authority |
Milgram – 15 |
Wed, Apr 3, #21 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 14: |
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Mon, April 8, #22 |
Exams 2 & 3 |
General Review |
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Wed, Apr 10, #23 |
Exam 1 |
Exam 1 |
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Week 15: |
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Mon, Apr 15, #24 |
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Wed, Apr 17, #25 |
Paper 3, graduating seniors |
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Week 16: |
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Mon, Apr 22, #26 |
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Wed, Apr 24, #27 |
Exams 2 & 3 (additional), graduating seniors |
Presentations – paper 3 (term project), |
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Week 17: |
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Wed, May 1, #28 |
Paper 3 |
Exams 2 & 3 (additional) |
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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.