Lecture 2 Ideal leadership

The second lecture in session 2 focuses on ideal leadership as seen by some of the writers in the past. The lecture also touches the contextual elements of leadership.

Before the lecture either print or save on your computer the related power point slides.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS210_S2_L2.pdf

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

Assignment after the lecture:

1. Reflective report. Write your learning experiences into your personal reflective report. Reflect especially your reflections on how context influences leadership. The reflective report for session 2 will be submitted after lecture 4.

After completing the assignment you can proceed to lecture 3.

Supplementary material:

Below is a list of additional supplementary material to be used for individual development. The material can also be used in the final assignment of this course.

1. For more information about Plato, see e.g. the Philosophy Pages: Plato http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/plat.htm
2. For more information about Thomas Aquinas, see e.g. the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas/
3. For more information about Machiavelli see e.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince The whole book “The Prince” can be read at: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232
4. For more information about Adam Smith, see e.g. The Internet Encylclopedia of Philosophy http://www.iep.utm.edu/smith/