Readings
| WEEK # |
sPEAKERS |
READINGS |
| 3 |
Thompson Island Ropes Course: Thompson Island, Boston Harbor |
Augustine, Norman. "Twelve Qualities of a Leader." Based on a presentation at "The Colloquium on Leadership, Creativity, and Values," sponsored by The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC. April 29, 1999.
Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge. New York, NY: Harper Business, 2003. ISBN: 0060559543. |
| 6 |
Prof. Dava Newman |
Zaleznik, Abraham. "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Eagar, Thomas. "Leadership, Management, and Education at MIT." MIT Faculty Newsletter XVI, no. 5 (April/May 2004). |
| 7 |
Prof. Sheila Widnall |
Browse the CAIB Report: Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, August 2003.
And see: Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew. |
| 10 |
Hon. Robert Walker |
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| 12 |
MIT President Charles M. Vest |
Vest, Charles M. Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 0262220725.
The MIT President discusses challenges and policy issues confronting academia, science and technology, and the world at large. |
| 13 |
Prof. Dava Newman |
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Related Readings
Kaminski, Michelle. "Teaching Leadership to Union Women: The Use of Stories." Labor Studies Journal 28, no. 2 (Summer 2003): 67-77.
Stewart, Thomas. "The Leader's Secret Self." Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Clarke, Sue. "Leading by Feel." Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Kellerman, Barbara. "Leadership: Warts and All." Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Bennis, Warren. "The Seven Ages of the Leader." Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Goleman, Daniel. "What Makes a Leader?" Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Prentice, W. C. H. "Understanding Leadership." Harvard Business Review (January 2004).
Halpern, Belle Linda, and Kathy Lubar. "What Great Leaders Have." In William Boast, and Benjamin Martin. Masters of Change. Provo, UT: Executive Excellence Press, 1997. ISBN: 1890009075.
Hill, Frederick. "Leadership: A Personal Journey." Executive Speeches, February/March 2004.
DiCiccio, Joel. "The Development of Leaders in Ancient China, Rome and Persia." Public Administration Quarterly (Spring 2003).
Alimo-Metcalfe, Beverly, and Robert Alban-Metcalfe. "The Development of a New Transformational Leadership Questionnaire." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, no. 74 (2001): 1-27.
Dingle, Derek, and Alan Hughes. "A Time for Bold Leadership." Black Enterprise, February 2002.
Kellerman, Barbara, and Scott Webster. "The Recent Literature on Public Leadership Reviewed and Considered." The Leadership Quarterly 12 (2002): 485-514.
Ready, Douglas. "How Storytelling Builds Next-Generation Leaders." Sloan Management Review (Summer 2002).
Neureiter, Norman. "Engineering and American Diplomacy." The Bridge 34, no. 2 (Summer 2004).
House, Robert, and Ram Aditya. "The Social Scientific Study of Leadership: Quo Vadis?" Journal of Management 23, no. 3 (1997): 409-473.