Email: Mark@Third-Culture.com www.Third-Culture.com
Textbooks: On Leadership by John Gardner, The Free Press,
1990, ISBN 0-02-911312-1.
Learning to Lead by Warren Bennis & Joan
Goldsmith, Perseus Books, 1997,
ISBN 0-201-31140-2.
Course Goals & Description: The world cries for excellent leadership. Encouragingly, many times the need is met satisfactorily. Or, sometimes we encounter distressing mediocrity and even total disaster. We will examine cases of leadership excellence and leadership poverty. Abundant examples are found in our own experiences and in the daily news.
We’ll follow a model of Description, Diagnosis, and Prescription. Description sets forth the environment of the leadership situation. Diagnosis includes the application of the relevant theoretical foundations of leadership to the leadership situation. Prescription is identifying solutions and recommending methods for achieving a positive outcome to the leadership situation.
Current Research Interests:
Computers are pervasive. In recognition, we will experimentally look at society through a mathematical and logical lens.
We’ll also play with:
There is a joy and love of learning, playing, and experimenting. Hold this joy close and don’t lose it. There is the idea of just in time and appropriateness. Obviously, we have more material and interests above than can be covered in five courses.
Methodology:
Through a combination of learning methods including lecture, student presentations, general discussion & students leading discussions on leadership examples in the news, computer learning, library research activities, group activities, DVD/video, and field trip(s), students will increase their knowledge of best practice in leadership.
Evaluation:
Quizzes (announced and unannounced)……………..25%
Class Participation (classroom & online)…………....25%
Homework Assignments……………………………..25%
Group Project…………………...……………………25%
Group Project:
Each group will research and report on a leadership problem of mutual interest. The reports are an informal opportunity to share with the class your findings. The class has an opportunity to ask you questions in areas of interest.
Makeup is available for any classes you may miss. It is your responsibility to keep up with reading and assignments.
Topics To Be Covered Over the Course of the Semester
What is Leadership?
Leadership Self Assessment
Leadership Theories
Values
Ethics
The Importance of Leadership
How Leadership Affects Others
Pros and Cons of Leadership Styles
Appropriate Leadership Styles For The Situation
Learning Opportunities Re: Leadership
Gender, Culture And Leadership
Leadership As A Relationship
Doing What You Say
Small Wins Lead To Change
Leading From The Heart (Passion)
Managing Resistance To Change
Sharing Vision
Leadership Strategies, Tactics, Implementation
Personality
Environmental Context
Assessment of Others’ Leadership Styles
Motivation Theories
Communication Skills
Personal Examples of Exercising Leadership
What Would You Do Differently Re: Leadership Example.
Mark Friedman
Teach and consult in business and culture. At the age of three, we moved to France where my father was a teacher with the U.S. Department of Defense. Five years later, we left for Italy where I graduated from Vicenza American High School. I speak French, Italian, Czech, Chinese; some Malay/Indonesian. Graduate of Dartmouth College with a BA in Asian Studies and an MIA from Columbia University.
Clients include Fidelity, NQUSA, Blue Fin Technologies, the Cambodian American League of Lowell, Hewlett Packard, Metal Works, and Summa4. Presentations on the cross-cultural aspects of exporting for the NH Small Business Development Center. Most recent presentations are “Multicultural Marketing” (College Stores of New England), “Middle Eastern Culture,” and “Culture in International Advertising, Negotiations, and Tourism” (NH International Trade Center).
Former Secretary of the Chinese Cultural Society of Greater Nashua (1997-02) and a member of the New Hampshire International Trade Association. Webmaster of Dartmouth College class of ‘76 http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/76/class76.html
Shalom…look forward to working with you!