Lecture 3 Authority and its challenges

2016-05-08T11:14:10+03:00

Lecture 3 (historical perspective III) begins with Sigmund Freud, who cannot be placed clearly in any of the eras presented. Then, the lecture goes on to the main theme: authority and its challenges. From the early years the ideas are presented by the following thinkers and writers: John Locke, David Hume, John Dewey, Thomas Hobbes (one leader concept ‘Great Man concept’), Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, W.E.B. DuBois.

Before any lecture either print or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentation.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS210_S2_L3.pdf

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

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Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after all three lectures: You are to write a journal (short essay) under the topic: “Significance of the early years of the development of organization theory and theory & practice of leadership.”

You will select one classical writer from a list provided (historical perspective I-III) and will write a short essay (2-3 pgs.) of his/her perspectives on
- society
- organization
- leadership/management

1. Place the journal to The discussion area

2. Remember to comment the statements of other members in your group – especially if there is another assignment about the same writer as your group has. Note, that you only have a designated time period to have this discussion. While having this discussion in the discussion area, you can proceed with other lectures in the program.

Supplementary material: On the following is a list of supplementary material to be used in individual development and to be used in the final assignments of this course and in other courses on this MEd program.

Material about David Hume
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/hume.htm

John Dewey Society
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/

Marx & Engels Internet archive
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/index.htm