On Leadership [Paperback]

In this series of lectures, previously unpublished in English, and here translated from a French reconstruction and interpretation by noted scholar Thierry Weil, leading organizational scholar James March uses great works of literature to explore the problems of leadership.

• Uses great works of literature to explore the problems of leadership, for example War and Peace, Othello, and Don Quixote.
  
• Presents moral dilemmas related to leadership, for example the balance between private life and public duties, and between the expression and the control of sexuality.
  
• Encourages readers to explore ideas that are sometimes subversive and unpalatable but may allow organizations to adapt in a rapidly changing world.

Foreword - Jean-Claude Thoenig.

Preface - James G. March.

Preface - Thierry Weil.

1. Introduction: an original approach to a hackneyed subject.

The organization of the course.

From oral to written presentation.

Issues linked with leadership.

2. Othello: leadership and private life, innocence and cleverness, revenge and the social order.

Prologue on the appreciation of leaders.

Private life and public role.

Can revenge serve the social order?.

Cleverness, innocence, and virtue.

Why do people act as they do?.

The characters in Othello.

3. Saint Joan: are heretics mad or are they geniuses?.

Exploitation and exploration.

Can leaders selected for their reliability be turned into creative leaders?.

Diversity and unity.

Saint Joan.

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