LORD OF THE FLIES*
     William Golding's compeling story of a group of British schoolboys stranded on a remote island provides the core of this Hartwick Classic Film Leadership Case®.  Their gradual degeneration into a savage horde leaves an unforgettable imprint on anyone interested in leadership failure.  Students focus first on what went wrong.  They contemplate the damage that can be done by organizational power struggles; they observe the boys attempting to organize for survival; and they study closely the two leaders.  There is Ralph, who holds position power from the outset.  And there is Jack, who successfully and tragically wrests leadership from him.  Students then concentrate on the main conflict: the choice of which organizational path to follow the impulse
to satisfy immediate desires or the need to plan strategically for the longer term.

 
Topics Include: Group Dynamics, Leadership Failure, Leadership Style, Followership,
                           Power/Authority

Theories Covered: Group Goals, Group Structure: Roles, Norms and Status, Group 
                                Development, Group Cohesiveness, Task and Relationship Behaviors, 
                                Fiedler's Contingency Model, Leader-Member Exchange Theory, 
                                Path-Goal Theory, Power, Power Bases, Dependency, Misuse of 
                                Authority

* can be used as a supplement to Hartwick Classic Leadership Case® Lord of the Flies.

Film Information: 1990, rated R, 90 minutes, color

Case Study Length: 18 pages              Teaching Note Length: 34 pages

Case Study: F-989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.95
Teaching Note: F-989-TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.95
DVD: F-989-DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34.95
DVD Teaching Kit: F-989-TK-DVD . . . . . . . . . . $44.95
includes case study, teaching note and DVD

The above prices are the Institute's academic prices for degree-granting colleges and universities.
Corporate pricing is available upon request.
 

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