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9780809227983

Movies to Manage By : Lessons in Leadership from Great Films

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  • ISBN13:

    9780809227983

  • ISBN10:

    0809227983

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Discusses what popular films of the past can teach about leadership challenges and how to approach them. DLC: Motion pictures--U.S.--Plots, themes, etc.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
PART ONE Guiding the Ship 1(66)
Following Your Hunch
The Hunt for Red October
3(22)
The Importance of Improvisation
Apollo 13
25(22)
The Failed Promise of Heroic Leadership
Dead Poets Society
47(20)
PART TWO Creating a Team 67(48)
Turning Around a Faltering Team
Hoosiers
69(26)
Mentors and Proteges
Norma Rae
95(20)
PART THREE COnflicts and Turnarounds 115(50)
Socratic Leadership
12 Angry Men
117(22)
Turning Around a Troubled Organization
Twelve O'Clock High
139(26)
PART FOUR Self-Leadership 165(44)
When Leadership Fails
Citizen Kane
167(24)
Morality and Leadership
Wall Street
191(18)
Endnotes 209(6)
Bibliography 215(6)
Index 221

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