"Beowulf" and the Teaching of Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Loughman, Tom; Finley, John
Titel	"Beowulf" and the Teaching of Leadership
Quelle	In: Journal of Leadership Education, 9 (2010) 1, S.155-164 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1552-9045
Schlagwörter	Literature; Leadership Training; Popular Culture; Poetry; Old English; Models; Risk; Leadership Styles; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Literatur; Führungslehre; Popkultur; Lyrik; Poesie; Altenglisch; Analogiemodell; Risiko; Führungsstil; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Although it depicts a Germanic warrior culture of nearly 1,500 years ago, the Old English epic poem "Beowulf" contains timely insights into leadership and motivation, trust, respect, loyalty, and sacrifice that could inform current leadership practice and teaching. To help reveal some of these insights, this study has three main purposes: (a) examine the character of Beowulf as a leader of his warrior band and nation; (b) explain the ways in which the hero Beowulf fits into the Conger-Kanungo model of charismatic leadership; and, (c) explore how the epic poem dramatizes risks of an overreliance upon a charismatic leader. The results of this investigation attempt to provide meaningful insights for practitioners of management, researchers, and instructors of leadership with a special emphasis on the pedagogical value of artifacts of popular culture. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01