Movies to Manage By

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill October 11, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0809227967
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0809227969
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 9.6 ounces

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Movies to Manage by: Lessons in Leadership from Great Films (Hardcover) What a terrific concept! Select a number of movies and then analyze what they reveal about "lessons in leadership." Specifically, here are the themes: "Following Your Hunch" (The Hunt for Red October) The Importance of Improvisation (Apollo 13) The Failed Promise of Heroic Leadership (Dead Poets Society) Turning Around a Faltering Team (Hoosiers) Socratic Leadership (12 Angry Men) Turning Around a Troubled Organization (Twelve O'Clock High) When Leadership Fails (Citizen Kane) Morality and Leadership (Wall Street) This is a book which I wish I had written. The authors are to be commended, first for thinking about writing such a book and then for doing it. The result is a brilliant piece of work. The writing style has snap, crackle, and pop. The insights are of great value as we are helped to correlate the circumstances in each movie with the daily circumstances in which most of us are obliged to function each day. After you read this book, you will perhaps think of other movies which also could have been discussed by the authors. For me (what great fun!), I would nominate Paths of Glory, Zulu, Executive Suite, Command Decision, Tunes of Glory, Braveheart, Jeremiah Johnson, Pork Chop Hill, Pale Rider, and Patton. If you are a movie buff, if you are looking for a great read, and if you agree with me that much of value can be learned about leadership from the movies, obtain a copy of this book ASAP. Comment | | (Report this)