Leadership, Welcome to Abilene & Brave New World!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mondays-Wednesdays, 12:30 - 1:50 PM, online
Live Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/6560275446?pwd=Q3Y1Vk5jZ2lXY1I4QkNxem9Bb1dCQT09 Zoom Meeting ID: 656 027 5446 Passcode: udc
Student Support: Hany Makhlouf Academic Center for Student Support
Office Hours: Before/after class, and by appointment (online, day, evenings, and weekends)
Course Readings:
Required:
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)On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, ISBN: 0712658890, Norman Dixon (in UDC Library on Reserve), 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 (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
Project Due | Additional Theme | Readings[3] | |
Week 1: | |||
Mon, Sep 7, – | Labor Day Observance (University Closed) | ||
Wed, Sep. 9, #1 |
| Introduction | |
Week 2: | |||
Mon, Sep 14, #2 | Syllabus and other Q&A |
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Wed, Sep. 16, #3 | Assignment 0-A: books Assignment 0-B: voting |
“How Are We Doing?” class discussion of leadership principles and values Definition of Leadership Leadership Roles Discussion of Good & Bad Leaders | Leadership Values & Crises (read any recent article and discuss in class) |
Week 3: | |||
Mon, Sep. 21, #4 |
| Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation | Harvey – Cheating
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Wed, Sep. 23, #5 | Collaboration vs. Competition in Organizations, case study |
Deming
– 1 Milgram – 1, 2 Machiavelli – 1-6 Productive Narcissist Harvey – Feedback | |
| Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class) | ||
Week 4: | |||
Mon, Sep. 28, #6 | Paper 1 | Leadership Decision-Making | Dixon
– 3 (large font) (in UDC Library on Reserve) |
Wed, Sep. 30, #7 |
| Rational and Irrational Leadership Decision-Making |
Milgram – 3, 4 Machiavelli – 7, 8 |
Week 5: | |||
Mon, Oct. 5, #8 | 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 |
Wed, Oct. 7, #9 | Distinguished Lecture Series, On Leadership Special Event, Guest Speaker: Darryl Vernon Poole Leadership across sequential crises |
Deming
– 3 Milgram – 7 Machiavelli – 12, 13 | |
Week 5: | |||
Mon, Oct 12, – | Columbus Day Observance (University Closed) | ||
Wed, Oct, 14, #10 |
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Term Project Topic
Discussion
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Deming
– 4 Machiavelli – 14, 15 |
Week 7: | |||
Mon, Oct. 19, #11 |
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Team Forming, Topic
Selection, & Project Work
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Deming
– 4 Machiavelli – 14, 15 |
Wed, Oct. 21, #12 | Paper 2 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 |
Week 8: | |||
Mon, Oct. 26, #13 |
| Building a Social Business |
Deming
– 6 Milgram – 11 Machiavelli – 19 |
Wed, Oct. 28, #14 | 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 |
| Video Lecture 2: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class) | ||
Week 9: | |||
Mon, Nov. 2, #15 |
| Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
Wed, Nov. 4, #16 |
| Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 13 Machiavelli – 22, 23 |
Week 10: | |||
Mon, Nov. 9, #17 |
| Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
Wed, Nov. 11, – | Veteran’s Day Observance (University Closed) | ||
Week 11: | |||
Wed, Nov. 16, #18 | Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
Obedience to Authority Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 13 Machiavelli – 22, 23 |
Wed, Nov. 18, #19 | Exams 2 & 3 | General Review |
Milgram – 14 Machiavelli – 25 |
| Video Lecture 3: Leadership in Times of Crises (additional make-up class) | ||
Week 12: | |||
Mon, Nov. 23, #20 | Exam 1 | (Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
Milgram – 15 Machiavelli – 26 |
Wed, Nov. 25, #21 |
| Team / Individual Project Work & Review | |
Week 13: | |||
Mon, Nov. 30, #22 | Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Wed, Dec. 2, #23 | Team / Individual Project Work & Review | ||
Week 14: | |||
Mon, Dec. 7, #24 | Team / Individual Project Work & Review | ||
Week 15: | |||
Mon, Dec. 14, #25 | Paper 3 (final version) | 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).
