Readings
WEEK # | TOPICS AND SPEAKERS | READINGS |
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1 |
Prof. Dava Newman Introduction | |
2 | 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.
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4 | Mr. Partha Ghosh |
Koepp, Stephen. "To Our Readers: Probing the Mysteries of Mr. Lincoln"; Joshua Wolf Shenk, "The True Lincoln"; Walter Kirn, "The Saga of Mary Todd"; Doris Kearns Goodwin, "The Master of the Game"; John Stauffer, "Across the Great Divide"; Douglas L. Wilson, "They Said He Was A Lousy Speaker"; John Cloud, "It's Not Abe. Honest"; Barack Obama, "What I See in Lincoln's Eyes." Time, July 4, 2005, 6 and 39-74.
Ghosh, Partha. "Committing to Re-Build Trust as a 'True Servant' of a Fractured Civilization: Towards a More Enlightened Leadership." (PDF) (Courtesy of Partha Ghosh. Used with permission.) |
5 | Pres. Larry Bacow | |
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).
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11 |
Prof. Dava Newman Mr. Partha Ghosh |
Meachem, John. "Rethinking Washington: A Powerful Book Brings America's Most Remote Founder Back to Vivid Life," and David McCullough. "1776: Washington's War." Newsweek, May 23, 2005, 38-46. Elgin, Ben. "Carly's Challenge." BusinessWeek, December 13, 2004, 98-108. Ewers, Justin. "The Real Lincoln." U.S. News and World Report, February 21, 2005, 68-73. Evans, Harold. "The Spark of Genius." U.S. News and World Report, October 11, 2004, 44-54. |
12 | Chancellor Phillip Clay | |
14 | Prof. Dava Newman | Elevator Speeches in Class |
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 Masters of Change. Edited by William Boast with Benjamin Martin. 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.