Fictional leaders [electronic resource] : heroes, villains and absent friends / Jonathan Gosling.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBusiness & management collection. Leadership development: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2014Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (37 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Heroes in literature | Leadership in literature | Leadership | Management in literature | Villains in literatureOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: What we can learn from fiction that we can't get from studying actual leaders -- Trustworthy narratives, empathy and a combination of protagonist and context -- Beyond leadership style, situation and function -- Leadership and the Humanities (beyond social sciences) -- What it's like to lead (Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'; Conrad's 'Lord Jim'; Forrester's 'Hornblower'; Melville's 'Moby Dick') -- What is leadership? (James Bond and Miss Moneypenny; Xenophon's 'Cyropaedia'; The 'Ramayana' and 'Mahabharata'; Blanchard's 'Remains of the Day').
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.