January 7: Introduction
Basic value premises and a normative approach to the study of
leadership.
A generic interdisciplinary approach to leadership. The functions of
leaders.
Genres of leadership.
Classical perspectives on leadership.
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Plato
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Aristotle
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Machiavelli
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Nietzsche
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Theory X vs. Theory Y vs. Theory Z
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Critique of the James M. Burns approach to leadership
Some key theoretical questions:
Are leaders born or made?
Is leadership an art or a science?
Can leaders be trained?
Do leaders create history or does history create leaders?
Readings: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (New York:
Dover, 1992)
James M. Burns, Leadership (New York: Harper & Row, 1978),
pp. 1-28.
January 14: Asian approaches to leadership
The Buddhist leader
Confucian and Taoist approaches to leadership
Readings:
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Gerald Fry, Misao Makino, and Osamitsu Yamada, "Buddhist
Entrepreneurship,"
pp. 323-338 in Amara Pongsapich, et al., Entrepreneurship and
Socio-economic
Transformation in Thailand and Southeast Asia (Bangkok: Chulalongkorn
University Social Research Institute and French Institute of Scientific
Research for Development in Cooperation, 1994).
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Geert Hofstedte, "Virtue versus Truth," pp. 159-174 in Cultures and
Organizations: Software of the Mind (New York: McGraw-Hill,
1997).
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Sidney Piburn (editor and compiler), The Dalai Lama: A Policy of
Kindness
(Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1990).
January 21: Mini-presentations on inspiring world leaders
Reading: Hofstedte, Chapters I and II
January 28: Completion of mini-presentations
Guest lecture by David Frohnmayer, President, University of Oregon
Lessons from mini-presentations. Cross-cultural challenges
facing leaders of the 21st Century; The Protean ideal
Reading: Hofstedte, Chapters III, V
Robert J. Lifton, The Protean Self in an Age of Fragmentation
(New York: Basic Books, 1993 ), pp. 1-12.
February 4: Leaders and followers and the world of
work
Time management. Attitudes toward and conceptions of
work.
National versus organizational cultures. Fostering creativity
and innovation.
Readings: Hofstedte, Chapters VI, Chapters VIII-X, and appendix.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal
Experience
(New York:
Harper & Row, 1990), pp. 214-240.
E.F. Schumacher, Good Work (New York: Harper & Row,
1979), pp. 124-145.
February 11: Gender and leadership
Video on Corazon Aquino
Panel of women leaders
Take-home mid-term examination distributed.
Readings: Hofstedte, Chapter IV
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Josef Silverstein (ed.), "Aung San Suu Kyi: Is She Burma's Woman of
Destiny,"
pp. 267- 283 in Freedom from Fear and Other Writings (New York: Penguin
Books, 1991).
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Jose Abueva (ed.), "Assessing the Presidential Leadership of Corazon C.
Aquino," pp. 413-443 in Aquino Presidency and Administration (1986-1992)
(Manila: University of the Philippines Press, 1993).
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Marion F. Levy, Each in Her Own Way: Women Leaders of the Developing World
(Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1988), pp. 1-29.
February 18: Case studies of inspiring leaders
Mohandas Gandhi, Konosuke Matsushita, Aung San
Suu Kyi, Robert Galvin,
Mother Teresa, Sirimavo Bandararanaike
Reading: Josef Silverstein, "Aung San Suu Kyi: Is She Burma's
Woman of Destiny,"
Freedom from Fear and Other Writings (New York: Penguin, 1991).
Take-home mid-term due today.
February 25: The leader as evaluator
Evaluating country climates; evaluating organizations;
evaluating
employees,
evaluating technologies; being digital; case
study of the Iridum project.
Reading: Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital (New York:
Knopf, 1995), pp. 184-195; 227-231.
Iridium Background Information
March 4: Managing with heart; servant leadership; the role
of emotional and
cultural intelligence
Critical review due today.
Readings: Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
(New York: Bantam, 1995).
Robert K. Greenleaf, Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature
of Legitimate Power
and Greatness (New York: Robert K. Greenleaf Center,
1991),
pp. 7-48.
March 11: The ethics of leadership
Case studies of ethical dilemmas. Strategies for
anticipating
the future. The future executive. The sigmoid
function.
The Funai dilemma. Symbols of the leader in the
21st century.
Reading: Gerald Fry and Clarence Thurber,
"Anonymous
Case Studies," pp. 95-132
in The International Education of the Development
Consultant:
Communicating
with Peasants and Princes (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1989).
Menu of Required and Optional Assignments
Required Activities
*Oral or written presentation on an inspiring leader (10 points) Due
date: January 21
*Take-home mid-term examination (20 points): Due date,
February
18.
*Critical review of Goleman book (20 points): Due date, March 4.
*Analytical study of an organization and its culture and leadership
(1 to 3) person teams (30 points) Due date: March 18
by 5:00 PM in 837 PLC.
Optional Activities
Critical review of a film dealing with leadership issues such as
"Gandhi,"
"Patton," "War and Peace," "The Ugly American," "The Quiet American,"
"Evita"
(10 points) Due date: February 25.
Critical review of a novel dealing with leadership issues such as
War
and Peace
(20 points); other novels, (15 points). Due date:
March 4.
A related bibliography will be posted on the Internet.
Critique of a campus lecture dealing with leadership issues or with
leadership implications (5 points each); maximum of two such
critiques.
Due date: March 4
A second written paper on an inspiring leader (10 points) Due
date: March 4
A critique of a significant non-fiction book on leadership (20 points)
A related bibliography is being posted on the internet. Due
date:
March 4
A critical review of yourself as a leader/follower (10
points)
What are your major strengths and weaknesses? In doing your
self-assessment, please draw on the Flow and Protean
readings.
Due date: March 4
*Items with an asterisk are required of all students.
You should choose activities and experiences which total 100 points.
Guidelines for Oral or Written Presentation on a Leader
For those randomly selected to do an oral presentation, guidelines are
as follows:
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Do not read papers. Having notes is fine.
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Be careful about limiting yourself to a 3 minute mini-presentation.
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The content of the presentation should be on
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What primarily accounts for the effectiveness of this particular
leader?
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What is the major weakness(es) of the leader?
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Lesson(s) to be learned
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Avoid detailed descriptive biographic facts.
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Try to make your presentation as dynamic and entertaining as possible.
It's all right to use overheads, posters, or slides, but, of course,
limited
in number because of the time constraints involved. You want us to
remember the points you are making.
For those doing a written report, the same guidelines apply, except
that your papers
should be 350 to 500 words in length, covering the same substantive
topics as indicated
above. Written papers are due the evening of January
21.
