Summer 2020 - Leadership, Welcome to Abilene & Brave New World!
Resources: Syllabus, Jerry Harvey's Definition of Cheating, Class Lecture - Whiteboard Notes
Class Meeting Times: Mondays-Wednesdays, 5:30-8:50 PM, online
Live Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/6560275446, Zoom Meeting ID: 656 027 5446
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)
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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Date[2] |
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Additional Theme |
Readings[3] |
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Week 1: |
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Mon, June 29 |
Syllabus and other Q&A
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Introduction Language, Reflexivity, Primary and Secondary Sources |
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Wed, July 1 |
Paper 1
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“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) |
Video Lecture 1: Feararchy and Organizations (additional make-up class) |
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Week 2: |
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Mon, July 6 |
Assignment
0-B: voting Movie: Race for Berlin[4]
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Cheating, Ethical and Moral
Principles, Anaclitic
Depression Blues, Loneliness, Conversation Collaboration vs. Competition in Organizations and Society, case study |
Harvey – Cheating |
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Wed, July 8 |
Paper 2 |
Leadership Characteristics, case study |
Dixon
– 3 (large font) |
Video Lecture 2: Leadership in Times of Crises (additional make-up class) |
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Week 3: |
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Mon, July 13 |
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Leadership Characteristics, case study continued |
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Wed, July 15 |
Leadership Accountability |
Deming – 1-3 |
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Mon, July 20 |
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Obedience to Authority |
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Wed, July 22 |
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Term Project Topic Discussion |
EJ Levels with You Long View of Lead |
Video Lecture 3: Organizational Design Concepts (additional make-up class) |
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Week 5: |
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9 |
Mon, July 27 |
Exams 2 & 3 |
General Review |
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10 |
Wed, July 29 |
Exam 1 |
Remember Assignment 0-B: voting |
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Week 6: |
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Mon, Aug 3 |
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Presentations – great book extra credit Team / Individual Project Work & Review |
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Wed, Aug 5 |
Paper 3 (final version)
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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.