Syllabus Supplement

HUM 250: Leadership

Neosho County Community College
Spring Semester, 2011
Section 31: Wednesdays, 9:00—11:45 PM
Instructors: Kevin Blackwell Office:
NCCC-Ottawa, Rm. 113
Michael Campbell
Phone: (785) 242-2067 ext. 303 Office Monday, 1:00-5:00 PM
(785) 242-2067 ext. 328 Hours: Tuesday, 1:00-4:00 PM
(816) 824-0309 Thursday, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
E-mail: kblackwell@neosho.edu Friday, 8:00-10:00 AM
mcampbell@neosho.edu

ACADEMIC HONESTY
Plagiarism of any type will not be tolerated in this class. Your writings for this
course must be your own work. I do not care if you use outside materials as long
as you use proper citations and quotation marks around words that you didn’t
write. Downloading and printing material from the Internet as your own work will
earn you an AUTOMATIC F IN THIS COURSE. Don’t take the risk.

EMAIL POLICY
All class-related communication must be through your NCCC email account (P-
mail). When writing an email put the following in the subject line: HUM 250-31.
All students must send a certification email to the instructor within the first week
of class. The email should include the student’s correct name.

EVALUATION AND GRADING:

Students performance will be evaluated through examinations, a research
project, homework, quizzes, map exercises, and classroom discussions.

1. Leadership Journal:
Each student will be responsible for preparing a Leadership Journal that will be
checked periodically throughout the semester. Students should bring their
Journals to class every day. Students will have the option of keeping an
electronic version of their Journal on InsideNC. The purpose of the Journal is to
aid you in developing your own personal leadership philosophy. The Journal
should contain reflections upon each class including impressions of lectures,
discussion, group work, and films. The Journal should also contain written
responses to the Points to Consider questions for each assigned reading. The
responses to the Points to Consider questions must be substantial responses
with an in depth analysis of the question and a minimum of 150 words.

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2. Leadership Research Paper:

Each student will be responsible for preparing a 7 to 10 page paper related to
leadership. The paper should be a substantial research based examination of
thesis in leadership studies with a minimum of eight sources in the bibliography.
Topics must be preapproved by the instructors. Suggested topics could include
comparing the leadership style of two historical leaders, examining a community
problem and the type of leadership that would be involved to resolve it, or
expanding upon an assigned reading or Classic Case that the student finds
particularly compelling. The paper will be grading using a rubric.

3. Group Presentation
Students will be divided into groups to work on a project together. The results of
the project will then be presented to the class.

4. Examinations
Students take a midterm and a final exam. The exams will be open book and
open note, and Leadership Journals may also be used. The exams will consist
of a choice of short essay questions.

The course grade will be calculated as follows:

Leadership Journal 30%
Leadership Research Paper 15%
Group Presentation 15%
Midterm Examination 15%
Final Examination 25%
100%

55%

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Course Schedule
DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
January Unit I: Film Study: 12 O’Clock High.
19, 2011 Developing a Class Exercise:
Personal  Values Sort, p. 56.
Leadership
Philosophy
January Unit I: Readings:
26. 2011 Developing a  Plato, “The Philosopher King”, pp. 3-20.
Personal  Simón Bolívar, “Discourse of Angostura”,
Leadership pp. 21-25.
Philosophy  Sally Helgesen, “The Female Advantage”,
pp. 41-44.
 Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen, “Type
Talk”, pp. 45-54.
Homework:
 Do Meyers-Briggs Survey at
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-
win/JTypes2.asp
Class Exercise:
 Assumptions about People, pp. 56-57.

February Unit II: Leading Readings:

2, 2011 by Serving  Hermann Hesse, “Journey to the East”,
pp. 65-69.
 Harriet Tubman, pp. 70-73
 Robert Greenleaf , “The Servant as
Leader”, pp. 75-83.
 Bennett Sims, “Ubuntu”, p. 84.
Class Exercise:
 What is Your Philosophy of Service?, p.
99.
Film Study: Hotel Rwanda.

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DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT

February Unit III: Readings:
9, 2011 Understanding  Herman Melville, “Billy Budd”, pp. 105-
Ethical 110.
Leadership  Confucius, “The Analects”, pp. 111-115.
 Rushworth M. Kidder, “Universal Human
Values: Finding an Ethical Common
Ground”, pp. 117-121.
 Mohandas Gandhi, “Satyagraha”, pp.
122-125.
 Manuel Velasquez, et al., “Thinking
Ethically: A Framework for Moral Decision
Making”, pp. 139-141.
Class Exercise:
 Whom to Choose, pp. 143-144.
Film Study: Miss Evers’ Boys.

February Unit IV: Readings:

16, 2011 Articulating a  William Shakespeare, “Henry V”, pp.
Vision 149-150.
 Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”,
pp. 151-152.
 Abraham Lincoln. “Gettysburg Address”,
p. 153.
 Susan Fritz, et al., “Theories of Visioning
and Goal Setting”, pp. 166-167.
Homework:
 Writing a Personal Vision Statement, pp.
167-174
Class Exercise:
 Hollow Square, p. 179
Film Study: Iron Jawed Angels.

February Unit V: Team Readings:

23, 2011 Building  John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath”,
pp. 185-189.

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 Cesar Chavez, “1984 Address to The
Commonwealth Club of California”, pp.
190-196.
 Warren Bennis, “The Secrets of Great
Groups”, pp. 201-204.
Class Exercise:
 Toxic Waste Dump, p. 211.
Film Study: Remember the Titans.

DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT

March 2, MIDTERM EXAMINATION
2011
March 9, Unit VI: Readings:
2011 Leading with  George Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, pp.
Goals 215-239.
 Frederick Douglas, “Narrative of the Life
of Frederick Douglass”, pp. 240-246.
 Viktor E. Frankl, “Man’s Search for
Meaning”, pp. 248-250.
 William B. Werther, Jr., “ Workshops Aid
in Goal Setting”, pp. 262-266.
Class Exercise:
 Setting Goals for Your Community, p.
268.
Film Study: Apollo 13.

March 16, Unit VII: Readings:

2011 Making  Mark Twain, “Huckleberry Finn”, pp. 273-
Decisions 275.
 Chief Joseph, “An Indian’s View of Indian
Affairs”, pp. 276-287.
 George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”,
pp. 289-293.
Class Exercise and Film Study:
12 Angry Men Analysis.

March 23, NO CLASS SPRING BREAK

2011
March 30, Unit VIII: Readings:
2011 Guiding  Homer, “The Iliad”, pp. 315-325.
Through  Judith Olmstead, Chimate Chumbolo, pp.
Conflict 326-332.
 Dennis Coon, “Conflict”, pp. 334-336.
 James Madison, “Federalist No. 10”, pp.
337-341.

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 William Langewiesche , “American
Ground”, pp. 352.
Class Exercise:
 Iliad Skit, p. 355.
Film Study: Crash.

DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT

April 6, Unit IX: Readings:
2011 Initiating  Plato, “Allegory of the Cave”, pp. 362-
Change 367.
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “1873
Sentencing of Susan B. Anthony” and
“The Solitude of Self”, pp. 368-372.
 Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a
Birmingham Jail”, pp. 392-400.
Class Exercise:
 Space Jam, p. 402.
Film Study: Schindler’s List.

April 13, Unit X: Readings:

2011 Empowering  Sophocles, “Antigone”, pp. 407-435.
Others  Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to
Freedom”, pp. 436-444.
Class Exercise:
 Shaping the Future, p. 481.
Film Study: Norma Rae.

April 20, Unit XI: Readings:

2011 Exploring the  Aristotle, “The Sole Proper Claim to
History of Political Power”, pp. 486-490.
Leadership  Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching”, pp. 491-493.
Studies  Upton Sinclair, “The Jungle”, pp. 503-506.
 Abraham Maslow, “Motivation and
Personality”, pp. 507-527.
 Aung San Suu Kyi, “Freedom from Fear”,
pp. 528-532.
Class Exercise:
 Developing a Theory of Leadership, p.
534.
Film Study: Elizabeth.

April 27, Project Reports

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2011
May 4, Catch Up and
2011 Review
May 11, FINAL EXAMINATION
2011

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