Leadership, Welcome to Abilene & Brave New World!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mondays-Wednesdays, 11-12:20 PM, 38-213
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:
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)
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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Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Week 1: |
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Wed, Jan 8, #1 |
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Introduction |
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Week 2: |
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Mon, Jan 13, #2 |
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Introduction |
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Wed, Jan 15, #3 |
Syllabus Q&A |
Language, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Week 3: |
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Mon, Jan 20, – |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance (University Closed) |
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Wed, Jan 22, #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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Week 4: |
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Mon, Jan 27, #5 |
Assignment 0-B: voting |
Cheating, Ethical and Moral Principles, Anaclitic Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation |
Harvey – Cheating
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Wed, Jan 29, #6 |
Movie: Race for Berlin[4]
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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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Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class) |
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Week 5: |
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Mon, Feb 3, #7 |
Paper 1 |
Leadership Decision-Making |
Dixon
– 3 (large font) (in UDC Library on Reserve) |
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Wed, Feb 5, #8 |
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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, Feb 10, #9 |
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Systems Analysis, Binds of the Organization, Defects, Accountability, case study of defects |
Deming
– 2 Milgram – 5, 6 Machiavelli – 9, 10, 11 |
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Wed, Feb 12, #10 |
Movie: Challenger (case study) |
Leadership Case Study |
Milgram – 7 Machiavelli – 12, 13 |
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Week 7: |
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Mon, Feb 17, – |
President's Day Observed (University Closed) |
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Wed, Feb 18, #11 |
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Term Project Topic Discussion |
Deming
– 3 Machiavelli – 14, 15
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Week 8: |
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Mon, Feb 24, #12 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Team Forming, Topic Selection, & Project Work |
Deming
– 4 Milgram – 8, 9 Machiavelli – 16, 17 |
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Wed, Feb 26, #13 |
Paper 2 |
Building a Social
Business Structure of the Organization
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Milgram – 10 Machiavelli – 18 EJ Levels with You |
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Week 9: |
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Mon, Mar 2, #14 |
Great Book Extra Credit Selection Deadline |
Building a Social Business |
Deming
– 5 Milgram – 11 Machiavelli – 19 |
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Wed, Mar 4, #15 |
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 |
Deming
– 6 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, Mar 9, – |
Spring Break – Have Fun!! J |
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Week 11: |
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Mon, Mar 16, #16 |
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Leadership Theories and Application: Thinkers and Practitioners |
Machiavelli – 21 |
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Wed, Mar 18, #17 |
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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, Mar 23, #18 |
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Leadership Theories: W. Edwards Deming |
Milgram – 14 |
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Wed, Mar 25, #19 |
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Obedience to Authority |
Machiavelli – 25 |
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Mon, Mar 30, #20 |
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Obedience to Authority |
Milgram – 15 Machiavelli – 26 |
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Wed, April 1, #21 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 14: |
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Mon, April 6, #22 |
Exams 2 & 3 |
General Review |
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Wed, April 8, #23 |
Exam 1 | (Remember Assignment 0-B: voting) |
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Week 15: |
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Mon, April 13, #24 |
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Wed, April 15, #25 |
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Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Week 16: |
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Mon, April 20, #26 |
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Wed, April 22, #27 |
Paper 3, graduating seniors Exams 2 & 3 (additional), graduating seniors |
Presentations
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Week 17: |
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Wed, April 29, #28 |
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).
[4] All movies used in class are mini-movies on a specific topic to encourage and enhance the class conversation.
