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SYLLABUS FOR LEADERSHIP COURSE

Government 524

Georgetown University

ICC 216

SUMMER 2019

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Part 1: Course Description and Requirements

This course will examine leadership in four ways: 1) by studying the definitions and descriptions of leadership through

case studies and other readings; 2) by studying overviews of the study of leadership; 3) by student lectures on important

leadership topics; and 4) by self-assessments that will provide an understanding of the essential competencies leaders

need to be effective.

Course Requirements

The course requirements include class discussions of case materials; reviews of background reading on leadership topics;

lectures by the students on leadership topics; self-assessments of leadership characteristics; and one essay that covers

specific leadership topics.

Below is a more detailed description of each course requirement and the percentage of the grade assigned to each

activity.

Class discussion of cases and background material (30%). Each student will be expected to read, analyze and be

prepared to discuss the assigned case studies, reading material, and study questions. The major topics covered in the case

studies will be as follows: Characteristics, competencies and styles of leaders; ethics and leadership; leadership in a

crisis; leadership and change; leaders in different sectors; leadership differences based on situations and contingencies;

differences between leaders and managers; political and career leaders; leadership representing diversity; and the

challenges and opportunities of leaders in the future.

Lectures on leadership (30%). Each student will be expected to prepare and present a lecture and examination

questions on the theories of Leadership: The Great Man Theory; Trait Theory of Leadership; the Behavioral,

Contingency and Situational Theories of Leadership; the Transactional Theory of Leadership; Transformational Theory

of Leadership; two lectures on Leadership Styles; and a Summary covering theories.

Self Assessment of Leadership (10%) Students will take several assessments of their own leadership characteristics.

One class will be available for a students’ discussion of the self assessments that could cover: 1) the confirmation of

their assumptions about themselves; 2) their surprises/disappointments; 3) their plans to prepare further to become a

leader; or 4) their inclination to leave leadership roles to others and why.

One 2000 to 2500 word essay on leadership (30%). Each student will be expected to present one essay on the topic of

the Ethical Responsibilities of Leaders OR Leadership and Diversity. ESSAY DUE JULY 9, 2019.

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Part 2: Kennedy School Case Study List

ORDER KENNEDY SCHOOL CASES FROM: The Harvard Business Publishing for Educators coursepack.

The link to the Coursepack is https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/635376. The required material will cost

$52.98

KSG Case 1681.0 Rudy Giuliani: The Man and his Moment

KSG Case 1834.3: The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq

KSG CASE 1843: Hurricane Katrina (A): Preparing for "The Big One" in New Orleans

KSG Case 1844: Hurricane Katrina (B): The Looming Storm (Abridged)

KSG Case 1930: An Inspired Model… or a Misguided One? Oprah Winfrey’s

Dream School for Impoverished South African Girls

Martha Johnson and the General Services Administration (B)Steven Kelman; Laura Winig KS1219-PDF-ENG

Exploring Your Capabilities: Begin with a Candid Self-Assessment Robert J. Thomas4479BC-PDF-ENG |

A Prescription for Change: The 2010 Overhaul of the American Health Care System Scott Darnell; Roger Porter

HKS725

Leadership Theories James G. ClawsonUV3051-PDF-ENG |

OPTIONAL

A Contingency Theory of Leadership Jay W. Lorsch6145BC-PDF-ENG |

Moral Person and Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership Linda Klebe

Trevino; Laura Pincus Hartman; Michael Brown

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The cases below will be available for free on the www.cebnewman.net website.

KSG Cases 587.0-592.0 (SIX CASES) Surviving at the EPA: Gary Dietrich, Bill Hedeman, Mike Cook, Mike

Walsh, and David Tundermann & a Note on EPA Under Administrator Gorsuch

KSG Case 873: Starting from Scratch: Alice Rivlin and the Congressional Budget Office

KSG Case 1254.0 Telling the Boss He's Wrong: George Shultz and Iran/Contra

KSG Case 1337 Nelson Mandela: The Man Behind the Symbol

KSG C14-76-144, Truman and Other Leaders and the Coming of the Cold War

Part 3: Self Assessment

• ) Robert J. Thomas: Exploring Your Capabilities: Begin with a Candid Self-Assessment (Harvard Business

Publishing Coursepack

Part 4: Location of Reference Materials for Lectures

Sources for study include Questia, cebnewman.net; the Harvard University Business Publishing. Access to these

resources is as follows:

• Questia: http://www.questia.com. Questia Has Following Membership Plans: Annual Membership For $99.95,

Semester Membership (Four Months) For $49.95,Monthly Membership For $19.95

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• cebnewman.net – free

• Harvard Business Publishing Course Pack – costs associated with various cases and reading material, $52.98

1. Bennis, Warren. Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing,

2000. “The Four Competencies of Leadership.” - Questia

2. Ciulla, Joanne B. , ed., Ethics, the Heart of Leadership, 2nd ed. [book on-line] (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004,)

Part III, Sections 6-7) - Questia

3. Kellerman, Barbara. Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders..: Interview

http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2011/10/barbara-kellerman-followership/

4. James Kouzes and Barry Posner, "Ways to Lead Government Better: Insightful Storytellers James Kouzes and Barry

Posner Asked Multiple Questions, Listened, and Illuminated Better Paths, Just as They Suggest Others Do in the

Leadership Challenge," The Public Manager 41, no. 1 (2012) – Questia

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ANNOTATED CLASS SCHEDULE

JUNE 2019, WEEK ONE – JUNE 4

OVERVIEW

CLASS ACTIVITIES: The first class will be divided into four parts. Part 1: Each student’s introduction of him/herself in terms of their

own leadership experiences. Part 2: An overview of the class, the topics to be covered, and the class requirements. Part 3: Self-Assessment

and Leadership Quiz. Part 4: The class exercise on developing words and phrases that define and describe leaders. Note: This list will be

reviewed from time to time in order to understand the any changes in the students’ understanding of the definitions and description of leaders

and the reasons for those changes.

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SUMMARY ACTIVITY: INTRODUCTIONS, OVERVIEW OF CLASS REQUIREMENTS, PRELIMINARY SELF ASSESSMENT

AND QUIZ ON LEADERSHIP

JUNE 2019, WEEK TWO – JUNE 11

A. CHARACTERISTICS, COMPETENCIES, AND STYLES OF LEADERS

CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Discussion of the characteristics and competencies of leaders using as a key resources the Nelson Mandela case, READINGS:

CASE: KSG Case 1337: Nelson Mandela: The Man Behind the Symbol - (Free on the website)

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/lasting-legacy-nelson-mandelas-evolution-as-a-strategic-leader/

OTHER; Mandela’s Eight Lessons of Leadership – website

B. ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP

KSG Case 1254: Telling the Boss He's Wrong: George Shultz and Iran/Contra (Free at cebnewman.net)

"Reinventing" the Command: General Janet Wolfenbarger's Values-Based Leadership Drives Change at the United States Air Force (in

Harvard Business Publishing course pack)

OTHER: “The Four Competencies of Leadership," Warren Bennis, Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change [book on-

line) (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2000), available from Questia, http://www.questia.com; Internet.)

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JUNE 2019, WEEK THREE – JUNE 18

LEADERS IN CRISIS

Hurricane Katrina (B): The Looming Storm (Abridged) Force (in Harvard Business Publishing)

Hurricane Katrina: Responding to an "Ultra-Catastrophe" in New Orleans (Abridged) (C) (in Harvard Business Publishing course pack)

KSG C14-76-144, Truman and Other Leaders and the Coming of the Cold War (cebnewman.net)

STUDENT LECTURES

GREAT MAN THEORY – JACK ROSEN

TRAIT THEORY - BAILEY BISHOP

JUNE 2019 WEEK FOUR – JUNE 25

LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE

KSG 873: Starting from Scratch: Alice Rivlin and the Congressional Budget Office-(cebnewman.net)

MITSLOAN 10-104: Turnaround and Transformation: Leadership and Risk at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art

(cebnewman.net)

LEADERS IN BUSINESS

Meg Whitman and Ebay (will be sent by email to class members)

STUDENT LECTURES

BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP – DANA BARRY

SITUATIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP – FASHARRA BRANAGAN

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTINGENCY AND SITUATIONAL THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP – YANG YOU

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JULY 2019, WEEK FIVE – JULY 2

LEADERS IN THE MILITARY

The General Stanley McChrystal Affair: A Case Study in Civil-Military Relations ( cebnewman.net)

KSG Case 1834.3: The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq

STUDENT LECTURES

TRANSACTIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP – DENNIS KONDRATYEV

TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP – ALEXANDER WALKER

ESSAY DUE: JULY 9TH

JULY 2019, WEEK SIX – JULY 9 ON ZOOM

POLITICAL AND CAREER GOVERNMENT LEADERS

KSG Case 587 Surviving at the EPA (Administrator Gorsuch), KSG Case 588.0 Surviving at the EPA: David Tundermann KSG Case 589.0; Surviving at the EPA: Mike Walsh (Free cebnewman.net)

Martha Johnson and the General Services Administration (B)Steven Kelman; Laura Winig KS1219-PDF-ENG –

MAYORS AS LEADERS AND LEADERS EFFECTTVENESS DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCES

KSG Case 1681 Rudy Giuliani: The Man and His Moment (in Harvard Business Publishing course pack )

ESSAY DUE JULY 9, 2021

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JULY 2019, WEEK SEVEN – JULY 16

LEADERSHIP IN NON-PROFIT AND PHILANTROPHIC ORGANIZATIONS

KSG Case 1930 - An Inspired Model… or a Misguided One? Oprah Winfrey’s Dream School for Impoverished South African Girls - (in Harvard Business Publishing course pack)

LEADERSHIP AND DIVERSITY Diversity in the Leadership of the CIA, a 2015 Case Study. (Free at cebnewman.net()

STUDENT LECTURES

LEADERSHIP STYLES (3 LECTURERS)

EACH LECTURER WILL PRESENT ONE STYLE IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER STYLES

FIRST LECTURER ON AUTOCRATIC STYLE – ALEXIS ANTONINO

SECOND LECTURER ON THE DEMOCRATIC STYLE 2 – STEPHANIE OBIEROMA

THIRD LECTURER ON THE LAISSEZ-FAIRE STYLE – FRANCES PATANO

TAKE HOME EXAM TO BE DISTRIBUTED ON JULY 16. EXAM IS DUE JULY 20, 2019

JULY 2019, WEEK EIGHT – JULY 23

LEADERS DEALING WITH DIFFICULT ISSUES TODAY PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

A Prescription for Change: The 2010 Overhaul of the American Health Care System - in Harvard Business Publishing course pack .)

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A Rising Storm: Eric Garner and the Explosive Controversy over Race & Policing - (Free at cebnewman.net)

REVIEW OF THE COURSE

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REFERENCE MATERIALS

GGESTED REFERENCES FOR LECTURES AND ESSAYS

REFERENCE TITLE AND CITATION REFERENCE

THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

Leadership: Theories and Controversies. Linda D. Henman, Ph.D. (2009)

cebnewman.net

Cheryl McFadden et al., "Major Approaches to the Study of Leadership," Academic Exchange Quarterly 9, no. 2 (2005), http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-136071081/major-approaches-to-the-study-of-leadership.

Questia

Martin M. Chemers, An Integrative Theory of Leadership (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

1997), iii, http://www.questia.com/read/27754254/an-integrative-theory-of-leadership.

http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/dldebk-pdf/fme-leadership-theories.pdf

BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

Cheryl McFadden et al., "Major Approaches to the Study of Leadership," Academic Exchange Quarterly 9,

no. 2 (2005), http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-136071081/major-approaches-to-the-study-of-leadership

http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/top-5-theories-of-leadership/53324

CONTINGENCY THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

A Contingency Theory of Leadership, Jay W. Lorsch(2010); Leadership Theories, James G. Clawson (1991)

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2GAgaV_htWQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA369&dq=role+theory+

of+leadership&ots=eCz4CgqbuN&sig=rKK-RWsUYY4-

4xL2jihg8Srd1gA#v=onepage&q=role%20theory%20of%20leadership&f=false

Cheryl McFadden et al., "Major Approaches to the Study of Leadership," Academic Exchange Quarterly 9,

no. 2 (2005), http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-136071081/major-approaches-to-the-study-of-leadership

Harvard Business Publishing Coursepack

GREAT MAN THEORY Martin M. Chemers, An Integrative Theory of Leadership (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

1997), 19, http://www.questia.com/read/27754280/an-integrative-theory-of-leadership.

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https://www.villanovau.com/resources/leadership/great-man-theory/#.Ww0oC0xFyxQ https://managementstudyguide.com/great-man-theory.htm http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/great-man-theory-and-trait-theory-of-leadership/28004

MANAGERIAL GRID MODEL OF LEADERSHIP

http://www.leadership-central.com/managerial-grid.html#axzz5HYbdCJU3

https://iedunote.com/managerial-grid-model-leadership-styles

SITUATIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

Hamid Khan, "An Investigation of Leadership

Theories Best Fitting the Professors' Tripartite

Scholarly Activities Relating to Teaching,

Research and Service-Part 1," Competition Forum

13, no. 2 (2015), http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-

3916623701/an-investigation-of-leadership-

theories-best-fitting.

http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/top-5-theories-of-leadership/53324

TRAIT THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

Cheryl McFadden et al., "Major Approaches to the Study of Leadership," Academic Exchange Quarterly 9,

no. 2 (2005), http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-136071081/major-approaches-to-the-study-of-leadership

https://managementstudyguide.com/trait-theory-of-leadership.htm http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/great-man-theory-and-trait-theory-of-leadership/28004 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-trait-theory-of-leadership-2795322 http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/top-5-theories-of-leadership/53324

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TRANSACTIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

James A. Odumeru and Ifeanyi George Ogbonna, "Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership Theories: Evidence in Literature," International Review of Management and Business Research 2, no. 2 (2013), http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-3031088831/transformational-vs-transactional-leadership-theories.

Hamid Khan, "An Investigation of Leadership Theories Best Fitting the Professors' Tripartite Scholarly Activities Relating to Teaching, Research and Service-Part 1," Competition Forum 13, no. 2 (2015), http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-3916623701/an-investigation-of-leadership-theories-best-fitting.

TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRNSACTIONAL THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

, "Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership Theories: Evidence in Literature," International Review

of Management and Business Research 2, no. 2 (2013), James A. Odumeru and Ifeanyi George Ogbonna

http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-3031088831/transformational-vs-transactional-leadership-theories

Questia

TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP

James A. Odumeru and Ifeanyi George Ogbonna, "Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership Theories: Evidence in Literature," International Review of Management and Business Research 2, no. 2 (2013), http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-3031088831/transformational-vs-transactional-leadership-theories.

Hamid Khan, "An Investigation of Leadership Theories Best Fitting the Professors' Tripartite Scholarly Activities Relating to Teaching, Research and Service-Part 1," Competition Forum 13, no. 2 (2015), http://www.questia.com/read/1P3-3916623701/an-investigation-of-leadership-theories-best-fitting

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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LEADERSHIP THEORIES 1840-1940

Summary description of the theories from 1840-1940

http://www.leadership-central.com/leadership-theories.html#axzz5HYbdCJU3

https://quizlet.com/13259659/a-leadership-theory-timeline-flash-cards/

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LEADERSHIP THEORIES 1940-1970 AND BEYOND

Summary description of the theories after 1940

http://www.leadership-central.com/leadership-theories.html#axzz5HYbdCJU3

https://quizlet.com/13259659/a-leadership-theory-timeline-flash-cards/

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ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP

ETHICS, THE HEART OF LEADERSHIP

Joanna B. Ciulla, ed., Ethics, the Heart of Leadership, 2nd ed. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004), iii, http://www.questia.com/read/119599087/ethics-the-heart-of-leadership.

MORAL LEADERSHIP Moral Person- Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership, Linda Klebe Trevino; Laura Pincus Hartman; Michael Brown, 2000.

Harvard Business Publishing Coursepack

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUSINESS LEADERS

Ethics, The Heart Of Leadership, Edited By Joanne B. Ciulla, 1998. Questia

GENERAL REFERENCES ON LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Joseph C. Rost, Leadership for the Twenty-First Century (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993), iii, http://www.questia.com/read/25987374/leadership-for-the-twenty-first-century.

Questia

LESSONS FROM MILITARY LEADERS Leadership Lessons from the Military (2010)

Harvard Business Publishing Coursepack

MAYORS AS LEADERS City Lights: America's Boldest Mayors, Eggers, William D., Policy Review, 1993 Questia

NON-PROFIT SECTOR LEADERS

Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations, Edited by Ronald E. Riggio, Sarah Smith Orr. 2004

Questia

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN LEADERS

Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges, Robin J. Ely; Deborah L. Rhode (2010) Harvard Business Publishing

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STUDY OF GENDER AND LEADERSHIP

Mary Kathryn Addis, "The Study of Gender and Leadership: Points of Departure," in Classical and

Modern Narratives of Leadership, ed. Vivian L. Holliday, Lessons for Leaders (Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-

Carducci, 2000), 81, http://www.questia.com/read/120317790/classical-and-modern-narratives-of-

leadership.

Questia

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEADERS

John Fousek and David Wasserman, "Ethical Issues in U.S. Presidential Leadership," Presidential Studies Quarterly 40, no. 1 (2010), http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-219306931/ethical-issues-in-u-s-presidential-leadership.

Questia