Syllabus
Leading in a New World
PPS 196.30, Spring 2008
Mondays, 3:05 – 5:35pm
Sanford 04
General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Retired), Instructor
Sanford 117; az18@duke.edu
Office Hours: Mon.: 10:00-11:30am
and Mon.: 1:00 – 2:30pm
David Gastwirth, TA
Sanford 103; dag13@duke.edu
Office Hours: Thursday: 4:00 – 6:00pm
Michael McInerney
Sanford 117; mem38@duke.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Course Description
In General Zinni's last book, The Battle for Peace, he described how the world has significantly changed beginning with the collapse of the Soviet Union near the end of the last century. That collapse seemed to unleash a series of events and unprecedented phenomena that led to the reordering and altering of almost every aspect of our global society. Globalization, the rise of non-state entities, mass migrations, access to new technologies, the arrival of the Information Age, the emergence of new powers in the world, and many other world altering factors have caused a confluence of major changes that have reshaped our world and the way we must operate in it. This means that it has become necessary to develop fresh approaches to ensuring our security, governing ourselves, economically prospering, dealing with our environment, and adapting to social change. There is a new leader emerging who has combined some new skills with some selected tried and true skills into what seems to be the right blend required to succeed today. There is also an emerging new approach to organizing enterprises that is clearly better suited to this dynamic world. Today's successful leaders – in all fields, including the military, academia, politics, and business – must know how to create, operate, and thrive in very fluid, flattened, and integrated structures that are remarkably different from the traditional organizations we are used to seeing. In this course, students will examine the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which visionary leaders and organizations have effectively responded to such change.
Required Texts
1. Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0) [purchase online]
2. Dean Williams, Real Leadership [purchase online]
3. Lee Iacocca, Where Have All The Leaders Gone? [purchase online]
4. Selections from Anthony Zinni, From Battle to Business [on Bb]
5. Various government reports and journal/newspaper articles [on Bb/reserves]
Course Requirements and Grading Procedure
During the introduction to the course on Week #1, the requirements, including further guidance on the papers and reading assignments, will be discussed in detail. Additionally, procedures for evaluating student work will be explained.
1. Short Paper #1 (5-7 pages): Students will construct a philosophy of leadership that that they will adopt in a future leadership role. During the first two weeks, students will discuss and be exposed to leadership philosophy papers and the philosophy of command exercise completed by students at the service academies. 20% of course grade (Due Week 6)
2. Short Paper #2 (5-7 pages): Students will select a leader from any walk of life that they feel exemplifies a modern leader who has grasped the changes in this new era. Students will be expected to make the case for a modern leader who has grasped the challenges discussed during the first part of the course. Prof. Zinni will provide examples, but students are encouraged to choose a leader who they find inspiring, innovative, and effective. 20% of course grade (Due Week 10)
3. Final Paper (12-15 pages): Students will assess the effect of global changes on leadership in a specific field of practice and the implications of such changes for future leaders.
Possible areas of focus include: Civil service/public administration, academia, military, business (corporate or non-profit), politics, international relations/diplomacy 40% of course grade (Proposal Due Week 8, Final Paper Due Week 14)
4. Class Participation Complete and punctual attendance is required and active class participation is expected. Students will be evaluated on quality of engagement in class discussions and regular contributions to the course discussion board/blog. 20% of course grade
Class Schedule
Week #1 [ Wednesday, January 9]
Topic : Introduction to the course (Personal introductions, review of requirements, & course description and objectives) ; The Changed and Changing World (Causes and effects of recent global changes)
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 1-2, Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Checa et al., “The New World Disorder” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Excerpt from Gardner , On Leadership [1990: The Free Press]
Week #2 [ Monday, January 14]
Topic : Leadership and the Making of Leaders (How leaders are developed and the impact of global changes on leadership)
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 3-4, Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Chapters 1-2, Williams, Real Leadership
Chapters 9-10, High-Performance Government [Available Online]
Excerpt from Blanchard, Leading at a Higher Level [2006: Prentice Hall]
Week #3 [ Monday, January 28]
Topic : The New Led (The new workforce and their expectations)
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 5-9, Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Chapter 4, Williams, Real Leadership
Excerpt from Maccoby, The Leaders We Need [2007: Harvard Business School Press]
Excerpt from Glen, Leading Geeks [2002: Jossey-Bass]
Goffee & Jones, “Leading Clever People” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Week #4 [ Monday, February 4]
Topic : Who Are You? (A leadership self assessment)
Reading Assignment :
Iacocca, Where Have All The Leaders Gone?
George et al., “Discovering Your Authentic Leadership” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Leboeuf, “Developing a Leadership Philosophy” [Bb]
Tichy, “Tying It All Together” [Bb]
Week #5 [ Monday, February 11]
Topic : Values, Ethics, and “The Code” (The role of values and ethics in today's world)
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 10, Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Chapters 3,5,6, Williams, Real Leadership
Donaldson, “Values in Tension” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Week #6 [ Monday, February 18]
Topic : The New Knowledge (The requirement of leaders to know more and possess a broader base of knowledge than ever before)
DUE: Short Paper #1
Reading Assignment :
Chapter 7, Williams, Real Leadership
Covey, “Leading in the Knowledge Worker Age” [ Leader to Leader ]
Excerpt from Maccoby, The Leaders We Need [2007: Harvard Business School Press]
Week #7 [ Monday, February 25]
Topic : The Decider (How decisions are made in this new environment)
Reading Assignment :
Tichy & Bennis, “Making Judgment Calls” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Snowden & Boone, “A Leader's Framework for Decision Making” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Chapters 15-16, Friedman, The World is Flat (Release 3.0)
Week #8 [ Monday, March 3]
Topic : The Vision Thing (The importance of strategic thinking)
DUE: Final Paper Proposal (1-2 pages double spaced)
Reading Assignment :
Bush, The National Security Strategy [Available online]
Excerpt from Nanus, Visionary Leadership [1992: Jossey-Bass]
Excerpt from Sashkin & Sashkin, Leadership That Matters [2003: Berrett-Koehler Publishers]
Week #9 [ Monday, March 17]
Topic : The Enterprise (The new organizations and processes)
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 11-14, Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Excerpt from Goldsmith & Eggers, Governing by Network [2004: Brookings Institution]
Fedorowicz et al., “The E Government Collaboration Challenge” [Available online]
Ryan, “The New Landscape for Nonprofits” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Week #10 [ Monday, March 24]
Topic : The Speed of Light (The effects of information and other technologies on decision makers)
DUE: Short Paper #2
Reading Assignment :
Complete Friedman, The World Is Flat (Release 3.0)
Pulley et al., “E leadership in the Networked Economy” [Available online]
McAfee, “Mastering the Three Worlds of Information Technology” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Avolio & Kahai, “Adding the ‘E' to E leadership” [Available online]
Week #11 [ Monday, March 31]
Topic : The Sea You Swim In (How effective analyses are done to determine the environment within the enterprise operates)
Reading Assignment :
Albright, “Environmental Scanning: Radar for Success” [ Information Management Journal ]
Excerpt from Bryson, Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations [2004: Jossey-Bass]
US GAO, Forces That Will Shape America's Future [Available online]
US Military, “Estimate of the Situation” [Available online]
Selected Environmental Scans [Available online]
Week #12 [ Monday, April 7]
Topic : The Great Communicator (The importance of personal and organizational communications skills and processes) & The Crisis (How to handle the inevitable crises all enterprises will face and why they face them)
DUE: Final Paper Draft [Optional]
Reading Assignment :
Chapter 8, Williams, Real Leadership
Conger, “The Necessary Art of Persuasion” [ Harvard Business Review ]
Excerpt from Kolditz, In Extremis Leadership [2007: Jossey-Bass]
Week #13 [ Monday, April 14]
Topic : Case Study: Higher Education Leadership in the 21 st Century
Reading Assignment :
Excerpt from Bowen & Shapiro, Universities and their Leadership [1998: Princeton University Press]
McLaughlin, “Leadership, Management, and Governance” [ New Directions for Higher Education ]
Exceprt from Padilla, Portraits in Leadership [2005: Praeger]
Jervis, “Many Faces of Risk: Free Speech versus Public Safety” [ New Directions for Higher Education ]
Excerpt from Brown, University Presidents as Moral Leaders [2006: Praeger]
Excerpt from Keohane, Higher Ground [2006: Duke University Press]
Week #14 [ Monday, April 21]
Topic : Conclusions
DUE: Final Paper
Reading Assignment :
Chapters 9-10, Williams, Real Leadership
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