Literature and Business Leadership

Catalog description

Examines organizational leadership by studying fictional characters whose workplace challenges parallel those encountered by today’s business executives. Analyzes a variety of management styles and strategies as depicted in story form to guide students’ understanding of leadership as it applies to workplace responsibility, choice, risk taking, moral obligation, and self-mastery. Offers students an opportunity to use insights gained from literary examples to inform personal reflections on the meaning of leadership and the qualities that combine to make someone an effective manager of people and organizations.