Managerial power and responsibility. Examines conflicts between power and moral responsibility and the contexts for choice in dealing with a number of such problems. Readings are principally "classics" used to illustrate several enduring issues. Restricted to Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.
This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.
History
Subject Area
Business
Geographic Region
New England
University or College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Funding Status
Private
Endowment (according to NACUBO's U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20) ($1,000)
18495905
Annual Tuition and Mandatory Fees 2021-2022 ($) (Resident; Non-resident, where applicable)
81154
Course Title
Choice Points: Thinking about Life and Leadership through Literature
Position of Instructor(s)
Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
Academic Year(s) Active
2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
Primary Works on Reading List
Past readings have included works by Robert Bolt, Michael Frayn, Timothy Mo, Wole Soyinka, H.D. Thoreau, and others; films have included Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Hotel Rwanda; The Descendants; Motorcycle Diaries; Three Kings; and others.