Leadership, Management & Humanities

Catalog description

This course will examine models of leadership drawn from classic works of literature and film. Leadership topics will include charisma, crisis management, cultural diversity, ethics, female leadership, goalsetting, the language of leadership, motivation, servant leadership, strategy, team building and transformation leadership. We will discuss the practical and theoretical foundations for these leadership models by examining cases based on the following literary and film texts: All the King's Men, Antigone, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Citizen Kane, Gandhi, Glengarry Glen Ross, Glory, Heart of Darkness, Henry V, The Iliad, A Jury of Her Peers, The Major of Casterbridge, Moby Dick, Norma Rae, The Odyssey, Twelve O'Clock High and Twelve Angry Men.