MBA 659 - SPECIAL TOPICS: THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP ON-LINE COURSE FALL, 2008

Lawrence P. Ulrich, Ph.D. Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu

COURSE READING ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULE

 

HOORAY!!! The Slide Shows are finished. There is probably some "tweaking" to be done. However, I will be cautious about that task because, following Churchill's advice, I do not want "the better to be the enemy of the good."

 

There are two  versions of the Slide Shows on this webpage. There is a narrated version and a version without the narration. The latter is provided so the student can download a print version, if the student so desires. [The narrated version could probably be downloaded onto a hard drive --- but why would you want that?]

 

An odd thing occurs if you wish to print some of the articles that are linked to this webpage. The articles are by Burns, Drucker, Maslow, and Moore. The odd thing is that, if you try to print from the link on this page, the first couple of pages do not print. I can't figure this out. [Sometimes I hate computers.] But the solution is to bring up the article from the link and then download it to your computer and print it from that file on your computer.

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PLEASE NOTE: WHEN A DATE FALLS ON A SUNDAY, IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE END OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK. CONSULT THE RELEVANT WEBPAGE FOR THE SPECIFICS OF THE DESIGNATED ASSIGNMENT.

 

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        Slide Show: Values as the Foundation for Virtues (15:35 Min.) [Download without Narration: Values as the Foundation for Virtues.]

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics.

    Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Book 1, Chapter 13.

   Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Book  2.

        Slide Show: Virtue Ethics. (16:09 min.) [Download without Narration: Virtue Ethics]

        Slide Show: Feminist Ethics. (6:06 min.) [Download without Narration: Feminist Ethics]

Maslow, Abraham. "Enlightened Economics and Management." Maslow on Management. pages 20-42.

        Summary of Maslow's Assumptions from "Enlightened Economics and Management." [WORD document.]

        Slide Show: Maslow, Managing by Values (11:44 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow, Managing by Values]

 

To develop an understanding of Maslow's general theory of Self-Actualization, which underlies this reading from Maslow and the slides about him, you might want to scroll down to Week 13 and consult the material on Maslow that you find there.

Burns, James MacGregor. "The Power of Values." Transforming Leadership." pages 201-213.

        [In this chapter, MacGregor refers to the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) to illustrate the role of values. He also refers to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution) (1789) and the US Bill of  Rights (1789). You might want to take a look at these documents if you have not seen them lately. In case you are not familiar with the various distinctions when making rights claims and their foundation in values, you might want to click on a rights Slide Show: The Definition and Classification of Rights. (13:36 Min.) [Download without Narration: The Definition and Classification of Rights] to familiarize yourselves with them.] How about a mini-History lesson to illustrate the important role of values? Slide Show: Values in the Founding Documents. [Download without Narration: Values in the Founding Documents.]

"Spitzer Sex Scandal" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/11/08.

"Spitzer Resists Resignation" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/12/08.

"Spitzer Resignation" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/13/08.

 

 

9/10 Threaded Discussion 1 Ends

9/13 Web Conference 3

 

Week 5 (September 15): Ethical Challenges to Leadership.

Hollander, Edwin P. "Ethical Challenges in the Leader-Follower Relationship." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 47-56.

Maxwell, John. "Responsibility." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 111-117.

        Slide Show: Roosevelt on Responsibility. (15:05 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Responsibility.]

        Slide Show: Roosevelt's Pithy Advice for Leaders. (14:33 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt's Pithy Advice for Leaders.]

 

9/15 Essay 1 Due

9/19 Web Conference 4

 

Week 6 (September 22): Leadership as Empowerment.

Ciulla, Joanne B. "Leadership and the Problem of Bogus Empowerment." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 59-80.

        Slide Show: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment. (21:09 Min.) [Download without Narration: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment]

"Sex and Drugs Scandal with Federal Officials" from The Wall Street Journal. 09/11/08.

 

9/23 Web Conference 4 - Rescheduled from 9/19 9/24 Threaded Discussion 2 Begins 9/28 Web Conference Extra

Week 7 (September 29): Trust as Central to Leadership.

Solomon, Robert C. "Ethical Leadership, Emotions, and Trust: Beyond 'Charisma.'" Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 83-100.

        Slide Show: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Trust. (13:17 Min.) [Download without Narration: Martin Luther King Jr. on Trust.]

Maxwell, John C. "Character." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 1-7.

        Slide Show: Integrity. (12:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Integrity.]

 

9/29  Web Conference 5

10/1 Threaded Discussion 2 Ends

10/4 Web Conference 6

Week 8 (October 6): Motivations behind Leadership.

Avolio, Bruce J. and Locke Edwin E. "Should Leaders be Selfish or Altruistic? Letters on Leader Motivation." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages105-127.

Burns, James MacGregor. "The Anatomy of Motivation." Transforming Leadership." pages 139-151.

        Slide Show: Roosevelt on Courage. (13:32  Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Courage.]

 

 

10/9 & 10/10 MIDTERM BREAK

Week 9 (October 13): Ethical Failures to Avoid in Leadership.

Price, Terry L. "Explaining Ethical Failures of Leadership." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 129-145.

Maxwell, John. "Listening." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 74-80.

Maxwell, John. "Communication." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 23-29.

Maxwell, John. "Competence." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 30-36.

        Slide Show: Roosevelt on Listening and Learning. (10:00 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Listening and Learning.]

        Slide Show: Ronald Reagan on Communication. (19:43 Min.) [Download without Narration: Ronald Reagan on Communication.]

 

10/14 Threaded Discussion 3 Begins

10/15 Web Conference 7

Week 10 (October 20): Transformational Leadership.

Keeley, Michael." The Trouble with Transformational Leadership: Toward a Federalist Ethic for Organizations." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 149-172.

Bass Bernard M. and Steidlmeier, Paul. "Ethics, Character, and Authentic Transformational Leadership Behavior." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 175-193.

Dallek, Robert. "Lessons from the Lives and Times of Presidents." James MacGregor Burns Lectureship in Leadership Studies and Biography.

Stengel, Richard. "Mandela at 90: The Secrets of Leadership." Time, July 21, 2008. pages 43-48.

        Slide Show: Mandela's Secrets of Leadership. (11:44 Min.) [Download without Narration: Mandela's Secrets of Leadership.]

 

10/20 Collaborative Writing Project 1 Discussion Ends

10/21 Threaded Discussion 3 Ends

Week 11 (October 27): Servant Leadership: General Characteristics.

Greenleaf, Robert K. "Servant: Retrospect and Prospect." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 17-59.

        Slide Show: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader. (15:33 Min.) [Download without Narration: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader

        Slide Show: Roosevelt on Serving. (11:27 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Serving.]

Maxwell, John. "Servanthood." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 133-140.

 

10/27  Collaborative Writing Project 1 Due

10/30 Essay 2 Due

11/1 Web Conference 8

Week 12 (November 3): Servant Leadership: Avoiding Parentalism.

Greenleaf, Robert K. "The Leadership Crisis." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 77-91.

Greenleaf, Robert K. "The Servant as Religious Leader." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 111-141.

        Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served. (11:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served.]

 

11/3 Threaded Discussion 4 Begins

Week 13 (November 10): Self-Actualization and Leadership.

Maslow, Abraham. "Some Basic Propositions of a Growth and Self-Actualization Psychology." The Maslow Business Reader. pages 31-53.

        Slide Show: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A, Part I. (21:36 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A Part I.]

        Slide Show: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A, Part II. (15:08 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A Part II.]

 

11/10 Threaded Discussion 4 Ends

11/11 Web Conference 9

11/14 Threaded Discussion 5 Begins

Week 14 (November 17): Leadership and Developing a Corporate Culture.

Burns, James MacGregor. "Leaders as Planners."  Transforming Leadership." pages 51-71.

        Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker. (10:21 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker.]

        Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary. (9:29 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary.]

Maxwell, John. "Vision." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 148-154.

Burns, James MacGregor. "The Power of Vision." Transforming Leadership. pages 27-29.

Burns, James MacGregor. "The Transforming Vision." Transforming Leadership. pages 166-169.

 

 

11/17 Essay 3 Due

11/21 Threaded Discussion 5 Ends

Week 15 (November 24): Leading for Change and Future Possibilities.

Drucker, Peter F. "Building on Strength." Managing for Results. pages 131-150.

Drucker, Peter F. "Making the Future Today." Managing for Results. pages 173-192

        Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Managing Change. (17:55 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Managing Change.]

Maxwell, John. "Courage." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 37-43.

        Slide Show: Roosevelt on Courage. (13:32  Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Courage.]

 

11/26 & 11/27 & 11/28 THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 16 (December 1): Leadership as Work.

Drucker, Peter F. "Leadership as Work." The Essential Drucker. pages 268-271.

Drucker, Peter F. "Managing Oneself." Management Challenges for the 21st Century. pages 161-195.

        Slide Show: Churchill on The Leader as Captain of the Team. (15:59 Min.) [Download without Narration: Churchill on The Leader as Captain of the Team.]

        Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Team Building. (10:39 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Team Building.]

 

12/1 Threaded Discussion 6 Begins

12/5  Web Conference 10

12/7 Threaded Discussion 6 Ends

Week 17 (December 8): Nurturing Oneself as a Leader.

Maslow, Abraham. "Creativity in Self-Actualizing People." The Maslow Business Reader. pages 21-30.

Moore, Thomas. "Honoring Symptoms as a Voice of the Soul." Care of the Soul. pages 3-21.

Maxwell, John. "Commitment." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 15-22.

Maxwell, John. "The Toughest Person to Lead Is Always Yourself." Leadership Gold. pages 11-19.

        Slide Show: Martin Luther King Jr. on Commitment. (13:52 Min.) [Download without Narration: Martin Luther King Jr. on Commitment.]

        Slide Show: Caring for the Soul Part I: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership. (12:32 Min.) [Download without Narration: Caring for the Soul Part I: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership.]

        Slide Show: Caring for the Soul Part II: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership. (11:21 Min.) [Download without Narration: Caring for the Soul Part II: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership.]

        [The work in this week is intended to generate some self-reflection as an end for this course. Throughout this course a good deal of the reading and tasks has been other-directed, i.e., guiding, leading, and serving a corporation and its employees. It is vitally important for leaders to realize that, to be effective leaders, they must be concerned about nurturing themselves as well as nurturing others. The readings in this week are chosen to that end. They should provide insight for the leaders themselves as well as a foundation for developing strategies for leaders to move forward for themselves in a creative way.]

 

12/9 Collaborative Writing Project 2 Discussion Ends

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