COURAGE UNDER FIRE
   
     This Hartwick Classic Film Leadership Case® uses the highly acclaimed film Courage Under Fire.  The backdrop of the movie is the Gulf War in which the heterogeniety between the Iraquis and the Gulf Confederation was so great that it could only be overcome through war.  Lieutenant Colonel Nat Serling has been assigned to determine wheter Captain Karen Emma Walden, who died in the Gulf War, deserves to be awarded the Medal of Honor for combat.  Captain Walden was commander of a medevac unit that consisted of a white male (Rady), an African-American male (Altameyer), and a Hispanic male (Monfriez).  During the investigation, Colonel Serling encounters three very different versions of her conduct during her command of a medevac helicopter attempting to rescue a downed Black Hawk crew.  Colonel Serling must also determine why different crew members give such different accounts of her conduct, and how these accounts relate to different cultural ideals of masculinity.  In addition, the psychological effects of tokenism are explored as Serling, an African-American, must confront the doubts about his own bravery regarding his own conduct during the Gulf War.  Courage Under Fire is a powerful movie because it makes us aware of the tensions that differences in gender, race, and culture can create and how they give rise to varying interpretations of the same events.

 
Topics Include: Gender Stereotypes, Individual Leadership, Motivation, Diversity, 
                           Leading According to the Situation, Ethics

Theories Covered: Female and Male Leadership Traits, The Motivation to Lead, 
                                Gender Stereotypes, Disadvantageous Gender Stereotypes, 
                                Cross-Gender and Cross-Culture Mentoring, Subordinate Reactions
                                to Female Leadership, Managing a Diverse Workforce, 
                                Uses of Languange, Management of Diversity, Dimension of 
                                Leadership Across Cultures, Cultural Influences on Acceptable 
                                Leadership, Socialization and Gender Stereotypes, New Models of
                                Leadership, Ethical Leadership

VHS Information: 1996, rated R, 115 minutes, color

DVD Information: 1996, rated R, Approx. 117 minutes, color, Region 1 Encoding

Case Study Length: 13 pages          Teaching Note Length: 27 pages

Case Study: F-911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.95
Teaching Note: F-911-TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95
Video Tape: F-911-VD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29.95
Video Teaching Kit: F-911-TK . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39.95
includes case study, teaching note and video tape
DVD: F-911-DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34.95
DVD Teaching Kit: F-911-TK-DVD . . . . . . . . .$44.95
includes case study, teaching note and DVD

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