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In the five speeches included in this Hartwick Classic Leadership Case®, Lincoln addresses a broad range of issues which were concerns of his time, but which have particular relevance to problems facing American society today. Students learn from Lincoln's insightful understanding of impending social problems, from his masterful handling of crisis, and from his confident, yet considerate and human ...More |
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This case study explores the nature of charismatic leadership. It shows how charisma can have a powerful, postive impact on a nation, institution, or business as well as disastrous consequences. It identifies Adolph Hitler as a charismatic individual who, although an infamous figure in human history, nevertheless inspired powerful emotional loyalty, intense effort, amd substantial sacrifice among ...More |
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This Hartwick Classic Leadership Case® explores the relationship between a father and son as it comes to be defined by conflicting value systems. It introduces significant leadership issues that result from the moral choices each makes. The case study depicts Chris Keller's emerging awareness of his father's guilt in shipping cracked aircraft engine heads during World War II. The case study serv ...More |
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This Hartwick Classic Leadership Case®addresses the age-old moral dilemma of leadership: whether it is possible for a "great" man to be a "good" man. Tracing Willie Stark's development from naive, idealistic back country lawyer to powerful and effective governor. The novel, which the case study is based upon, is closely based on the true-life story of Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana from 1928-30. ...More |
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The statements of Confucius excerpted in this case study offer a challenging way to examine and reflect on a number of leadership topics including ethics, power, motivation, authority, and communication. Confucius' principles have been followed by bureaucrats, politicians, military officers, and other organizations' members for over 2,000 years. The many Confucian statements included offer a chall ...More |
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One of the most celebrated tales in western literature, Sophocles' Antigone describes the story of a woman who defied authority. Creon, the leader of Thebes, is a dictatorial leader caught in a major leadership dilemma between what he saw best for his kingdom (organization) vs. the demands of an individual (Antigone). Antigone espouses the very highest of human qualities. Yet, through their study ...More |
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This Hartwick Classic Leadership Case Study® suggests that leaders and leadership must be truly dynamic to be effective. As illustrated by the fact that during his short career he almost single-handedly increased membership in the Nation of Islam (the Black Muslims) by perhaps a thousandfold, Malcolm X possessed a powerful charisma. Secondly, he exhibited a dramatic personal development, moving th ...More |
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This case study is based on the novel which describes the tension that can build when a leader must choose between following organizational policy to the letter and doing what is morally right and just. This Hartwick Classic Leadership Case® provides interesting opportunities for exploring two topics common in many workplaces: the effects of one co-worker's seemingly unfounded dislike for another ...More |
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The novel, which this Hartwick Classic Leadership Case® is based upon, relates the experience of a second mate who, as a result of an accident, is thrust into a position of captain of a life raft. In this setting we witness the birth of a leader, Cyril Trewsbury, and observe many techniques of leading which he uses. After storm and shipwreck, mistreatment and near starvation, 'Cruiser' Trewsbury b ...More |
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The goal of this Hartwick Classic Leadership Case® is to assist students in understanding the role that a leader has in defining and implementing the values and beliefs that are at the core of his or her organization's culture. Students can productively be asked to take on the role of a contemporary organizational leader and discuss how they would apply the principles and strategy of the samurai t ...More |
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