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Readings

Introduction - The Importance of Story

LEC # TOPICS
1 Shaw, Brown, Bromiley, "Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning."
Du Bose Heyward, The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen.

I. Leadership and Authority

LEC # TOPICS
2 Herman Melville, Billy Budd.
3 David Russell, Three Kings.
4 Sophocles, Antigone.
5 Masayuki Suo, Shall We Dance?
6 M. L. King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," in Why We Can't Wait.
7 Marleen Gorris, Antonia's Line.

II. Personality and Professionalism

LEC # TOPICS
8 Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas.
9 Bolt/Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons, I.
10 Bolt/Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons, II.
James Madison, "Federalist 10," in Hamilton/Madison/Jay, The Federalist Papers.
11 Bertolt Brecht, Galileo.
12 Vaclav Havel, "The Philadelphia Liberty Medal," and excerpts from Summer Meditations--"Introduction" and "Politics, Morality, and Civility."
The Bible: Genesis 1-2.
13 Panel Discussion on professions and professional standards
Donald Schön, The Reflective Practitioner.

III. "Quantum Ethics"

LEC # TOPICS
14 Michael Frayn, Copenhagen.
15 Rebecca Goldstein, "The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish."
16 Pearl Buck, "The Enemy."
17 Ridley Scott, Blade Runner.
18 Bill Joy, "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us."
"U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
"The Global Compact."

IV. In Search of the Good Society

LEC # TOPICS
19 Ursula Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas."
20 Alain Resnais, Mon oncle d'Amérique.
21 Luis Puenzo, The Official Story.
22 Timothy Mo, The Monkey King, Part I.
23 Timothy Mo, The Monkey King, Parts II-III.

V. Conclusion - The Power of Story

LEC # TOPICS
24 Joel Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Douglas A. Ready, "How Storytelling Builds Next-Generation Leaders".