MBA 659 - SPECIAL TOPICS:

THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP

ON-LINE COURSE
WINTER, 2010

Lawrence P. Ulrich, Ph.D.
Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu
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BUSINESS ETHICS LIBRARY

 

COURSE EVALUATION FORM

 

THIS PAGE IS ALWAYS A "WORK IN PROGRESS."
"*" indicates an historical work that is particularly significant for Leadership.
 

 
Avolio, Bruce J. and Bass, Bernard M. (Editors). Developing Potential Across a Full Range of Leadership: Cases on Transactional and Transformational Leadership. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2002.
 
Bass, Bernard M. and Avolio, Bruce J. (Editors). Improving Organizational Effectiveness Through Transformational Leadership. London: Sage Publications, 1994.
 
Bass, Bernard M. and Riggio, Ronald E. Transformational Leadership (2nd edition). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.
 
*Brands, H.W. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2000.
 
Burns, James MacGregor. Leadership. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1978.
 
Burns, James MacGregor. Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness. New York, NY: Grove Press, 2003.

*Chadwick, Bruce. Triumvirate: The Story of the Unlikely Alliance that Saved the Constitution and United the Nation. Naperville, IL: 2009.
 
Ciulla, Joanne B. The Ethics of Leadership. Belmont, CA: Thompson-Wadsworth, 2003.
 
Ciulla, Joanne B. (ed.) Ethics, The Heart of Leadership. Westport, CN: Praeger, 2004.
 
De Pree, Max. Leadership is an Art. New York, NY: A Currency Book, 2004.
 
*De Tocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America. New York, NY: Mentor Books. 1956.
 
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2004.
 
Drucker, Peter. The Essential Drucker. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
 
Drucker, Peter. Management Challenges for the 21st Century. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers,1999.
 
Drucker, Peter. Managing the Non-Profit Organization. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990.
 
Drucker, Peter. Managing for Results. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1986.
 
Drucker, Peter. On the Profession of Management. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005.
 
*Ellis, Joseph J. American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
 
*Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1996.
 
*Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2000.
 
*Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency, George Washington. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knoff, 2004.
 
*Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2006.
 
*Hamilton, Madison, Jay. The Federalist. London: J.M. Dent, Ltd.,1992.
 
*Hayward, Steven F. Churchill On Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity. New York, NY: Gramercy Books, 1998.
 
*Jenkins, Roy. Churchill: A Biography. New York, NY: A Plum Book, 2002.
 
Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge (4th Edition). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
 
Makower, Joel and Business for Social Responsibility. Beyond the Bottom Line: Putting Social Responsibility to Work for Your Business and the World. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
 
Maslow, Abraham H. .The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1971
 
Maslow, Abraham H. The Maslow Business Reader. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
 
Maslow, Abraham H. Maslow on Management. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
 
Maslow, Abraham H. Toward a Psychology of Being. Toronto (Canada): D. Van Nostrand, 1962.
 
Maxwell, John C. The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1999.
 
Maxwell, John C. Leadership Gold. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2008.
 
*McCullough, David. John Adams. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

*Meachan, Jon. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York, NY: Random House,2008
 
*Miller, William Lee. Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2002.
 
*Phillips, Donald R. The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1997.
 
*Phillips, Donald R. Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1992.
 
*Phillips, Donald R. Martin Luther King Jr. On Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times. New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1998.
 
*Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (4 vols.). New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1939.
 
Shriberg, Arthur, Shriberg, David L. and Kumari, Richa. Practicing Leadership: Principles and Applications. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
 
Spears, Larry C. Insights on Leadership: Service, Stewardship, Spirit, and Servant-Leadership. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1998.
 
*Strock, James M. Theodore Roosevelt On Leadership: Executive Lesson from the Bully Pulpit. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2001.
 
*Winik, Jay. The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007,
 
Wolf, Thomas. Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999.