The course will draw heavily on students' own experiences. The Moral Leader. The course meets for a two-hour class, once a week, to enable students to read these books carefully and discuss them in depth. The books were chosen to help students reflect on their own experiences, both personal and professional, and to help them develop their own personal philosophies for thinking about the ethical issues they are likely to confront as business leaders. The framework draws heavily upon several philosophers, particularly Aristotle, Confucius, and Machiavelli, to clarify the issues of personal character and sound, practical judgment that are crucial to resolving these issues well.
Students write the papers week by week, during the course.
A particular philosophy of management and leadership provides the underpinning of this course. It was expressed powerfully by David Lilienthal, the former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. And the most crucial. Associate Professor Herminia Ibarra, Associate Professor Kathleen Valley. Power and Influence presents conceptual models, tactical approaches, and self-assessment tools to help you understand political dynamics as they unfold around you and develop your own influence style.