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Readings

A set of related study questions are available for the readings and viewings in this course.

SES # READINGS VIEWINGS
1

Shaw, Gordon, Robert Brown, and Philip Bromiley. "Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning." Harvard Business Review 76 (May-June 1998).

Buy at Amazon Heyward, Dubose. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1939. ISBN: 9780395159903.

Buy at Amazon Gilbreth, Frank B., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. "Mister Chairman." Chapter 5 in Cheaper by the Dozen. New York, NY: Laurel Leaf, 1984. ISBN: 9780553272505.

  
2 Buy at Amazon O'Flaherty, Liam. "Two Lovely Beasts." In Two Lovely Beasts, and Other Stories. New York, NY: The Devin-Adair Company, 1950.  
3   Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee, 2000.
4 Buy at Amazon Soyinka, Wole. Death and the King's Horseman. Edited by Simon Gikandi. New York, NY: Norton, 2002. ISBN: 9780393977615.  
5   Mon oncle d'Amérique, directed by Alain Resnais, 1980.
6 Buy at Amazon Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. New York, NY: Mariner Books, 2005. ISBN: 9780156030359.  
7   The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears, 2006.
8 Buy at Amazon Frayn, Michael. Copenhagen. London, UK: Methuen, 1998. ISBN: 9780413724908.  
9   Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell, 1999.
10   Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George, 2004.
11 Buy at Amazon Thoreau, Henry D. Civil Disobedience. Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books, 2000. ISBN: 9781557094179.  
12 Buy at Amazon Goldstein, Rebecca. "The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish." In Strange Attractors. New York, NY: Penguin, 1994. ISBN: 9780140172461.  
13 Buy at Amazon LeGuin, Ursula K. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." In The Wind's Twelve Quarters. New York, NY: Harper Perennial, 2004. ISBN: 9780060914349.  
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Buy at Amazon Ruseabagina, Paul. "Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 11." In An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography. With Tom Zoellner. New York, NY: Penguin, 2007. ISBN: 9780143038603.

Buy at Amazon Dallaire, Romeo. "Conclusion." In Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. With Brent Beardsley. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780786714872.

Buy at Amazon Wilson, Edward O. Consilience. New York, NY: Vintage, 1999, pp. 314-5. ISBN: 9780679768678.

  
15   The Motorcycle Diaries, directed by Walter Salles, 2004.
16   The Lives of Others, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006.
17   Antonia's Line, directed by Marleen Gorris, 1996.
18   Shall We Dance?, directed by Masayuki Suo, 1996.
19 Buy at Amazon Mo, Timothy. The Monkey King. London, UK: Paddleless Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780952419372.  
20   Riding Giants, directed by Stacy Peralta, 2004.
21 Buy at Amazon Bolt, Robert. A Man for All Seasons. New York, NY: Vintage, 1990. ISBN: 9780679728221.  
22 Ready, Douglas A. "How Storytelling Builds Next Generation Leaders." MIT Sloan Management Review 43, no. 4 (2002): 63-69. Slumdog Millionare, directed by Danny Boyle, 2008.