Course readings.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
1 | Introduction; distributed leadership framework | |
2 | Leadership lunch: Robert Liebeck | |
3 | Thompson Island Outward Bound (2 day overnight trip); Distributed leadership framework (cont.) |
Augustine, Norman R. "Twelve Qualities of a Leader." Based on a presentation at The Colloquium on Leadership, Creativity and Values. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, April 29, 1999. Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. "Mistaking Charge." Chapter 1 in Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. 2nd ed. Harper Business, 2007. ISBN: 9780060559540 "Bennis' Leadership Qualities." ChangingMinds.org.
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4 | Discussion of readings; Apollo 13
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Axelrod, Alan. "Queen of the Bottom Line." In Elizabeth I, CEO. Prentice Hall Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780735203570. Shenk, Joshua Wolf. "The True Lincoln." TIME Magazine, July 2005, 39-44. Drucker, Peter F. "The Discipline of Innovation." Chapter 7 in Leader to Leader. Edited by Frances Hesselbein and Paul M. Cohen. Jossey-Bass, 1999. ISBN: 9780787947262. Zaleznik, Abraham. "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" In Designing and Managing Your Career. Edited by Harry Levinson. Harvard Business Review Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780875841809. Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. "Managers vs. Leaders." Chapter 2 in Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. 2nd ed. Harper Business, 2007. ISBN: 9780060559540. Gardner, Howard E. Multiple Intelligences. Basic Books, 1993. ISBN: 9780465018222. Lowney, Chris. Heroic Leadership. Loyola Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780829418163
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5 | Leadership lunch: Brit d'Arbeloff | |
6 | Creativity and improvisation; discussion of assignments 3 and 4 |
Evans, Harold. "The Spark of Genius." US News, October 11, 2004. "Tesla: Life and Legacy." Public Broadcasting Service, pbs.org. "Edison's Miracle of Light." Public Broadcasting Service, pbs.org Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. "Taking Charge: Leadership and Empowerment." Chapter 7 in Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. 2nd ed. Harper Business, 2007. ISBN: 9780060559540
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7 | Leadership lunch: Sharon Gillett | |
8 | Student oral presentations | |
Additional Readings
Ancona, Deborah. "Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty." MIT Leadership Center. Cambridge, MA, 2005. (
PDF)
Kaminski, Michelle. "Teaching Leadership to Union Women: The Use of Stories." Labor Studies Journal 28 (2003): 67-77.
Halpern, Belle Linda, and Kathy Lubar. "What Great Leaders Have." In Masters of Change. Edited by William Boast with Benjamin Martin. Executive Excellence Press, 1997. ISBN: 9781890009076.
Hill, Frederick W. "Leadership: A Personal Journey." Executive Speeches, February/March 2004, 5-9.
DiCicco, Joel M. "The Development of Leaders in Ancient China, Rome, and Persia." Public Administration Quarterly, Spring 2003, 6-40.
Alimo-Metcalfe, Beverly, and Robert J. Alban-Metcalfe. "The Development of a New Transformational Leadership Questionnaire." Journal of Occupational and Organization Psychology 74 (2001): 1-27.
Dingle, Derek T., and Alan Hughes. "A Time for Bold Leadership." Black Enterprises, February 2002, 76-82.
Kellerman, Barbara, and Scott W. Webster. "The Recent Literature on Public Leadership." The Leadership Quarterly 12 (2001): 485-514.
Ready, Douglas A. "How Storytelling Builds Next Generation Leaders." MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2002, 63-69.
House, Robert J., and Ram N. Aditya. "The Social Scientific Study of Leadership: Quo Vadis." Journal of Management 23, no. 3 (1997): 409-473.
Neureiter, Norman P. "Engineering and American Policy." The Bridge 34, no. 2 (2004).
Drath, Wilfred H. "Leading Together: Complex Challenges Require a New Approach." Leadership in Action 23, no. 1 (2003): 3-7.
Flood, Chena, Cynthia Wolf Johnson, Charlynn Ross, and Jennifer Wilder. "Bridging the Gaap: 16 Years of Academic Leadership Development for Women." NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education 3, no. 1 (2010): 163-181.
The recommended articles below are from:
"Inside the Mind of the Leader." Harvard Business Review: Special Issue, January 2004.
Stewart, Thomas. "The Leader's Secret Self." Pp. 10.
Kellerman, Barbara. "Leadership: Warts and All." Pp. 40-45.
Bennis, Warren G. "The Seven Ages of the Leader." Pp. 46-53.
Goleman, Daniel. "What Makes a Leader." Pp. 82-91.
Prentice, W.C.H. "Understanding Leadership." Pp. 102-109.
"Executive Summaries." Pp. 111-114.
"Leading by Feel." Pp. 27-37.
(Some articles may have been published in previous issues.)
The recommended articles below are from:
Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2009.
Obama, Barack. "What Science Can Do." Chapter 1, 23-46.
Smil, Vaclav. "U.S. Energy Policy." Chapter 2, 47-60.
Branscomb, Lewis. "A Focused Approach to Society's Grand Challenges." Chapter 3, 61-76.
Alberts, Bruce. "Restoring Science to Science Education." Chapter 4, 77-80.
Eldredge, Niles. "To Teach Science, Tell Stories." Chapter 5, 81-84.