Question 1: How Are We Doing Today?
How are we doing today based on the works of leadership theories of W. Edwards Deming you have been reading (chapters 1, 2, and 3) and studying? Explain your thoughts and reasoning.
Question 2: Authoritarian Leaders
Using Dixon’s work, explain authoritarian leaders in organizations. Are some modern organizations run by Dixon’s heroes (chapter 3)? How would you know? What advice could you offer to the Board concerning such leadership, and why?
Question 3: Leadership and Obedience
Explain Milgram’s studies, and findings. What advice could you offer to the CEO of a large multinational corporation having the knowledge of Milgram’s agentic state?
Question 4: Leadership and Management
Explain Jerry Harvey’s definition of cheating for managers. What advice would you offer to the CEO of a large organization having understood the concepts of this article? What would this new understanding mean for the management of this organization?
Question 5: New Leadership Theory
Based on the online lecture and articles below, explain the New Leadership Theory, and your thoughts. What advice could you offer to the CEO based on these ideas?
Articles & Video:
Long View of Leadership: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0apITffZbNKSDhnaWsxN3dzdTQ/edit
Elliott Jaques Levels with You: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0apITffZbNKWnVlRDkyaC0xMWs/edit
Organizational Design Concepts: Video Lecture
Extra Credit Only. Machiavellian Leaders
Explain the leadership ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli based on your own thoughts and understanding having read and studied his work The Prince.