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     Everyone has heard a story about a losing high school sports team that with the help of new blood and rigorous training goes on to "win the big one."  But this Hartwick Classic Film Leadership Case®  is based on a true story, one that describes the rebirth of a down-and-out Indiana high school basketball team at the hands of a new coach.  As students witness this comeback, they are struck by how apt the metaphor of coaching is to effective management and leadership.  They also see how the resurgence of a failing athletic team resonates with meaning for any organization seeking to reinvent itself.  They also focus on the challenges a newly-installed leader often faces: organizational politics, naysayers, gossip, scandal, even vengeance.  The coach's ability to articulate and communicate a vision for the team, to analyze the situation and develop a plan of action, to set measurable and realistic goals, and to gain the respect and trust of others provides a rich tapestry of leadership insight.

 
Topics Include: Coaching, Change, Power, Organizational Renewal, Turnaround 
                          Management, Goal Orientation

Theories Covered: Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Model, Leadership vs. Management, 
                                Coaching, Power: Expert, Referent, Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, 
                                Change: Parochial Self Interest, Misunderstanding and Lack of Trust,
                                Different Assesments, Lowe Tolerance for Change, Methods for Dealing
                                with Resistance to Change, Strategic Continuum

Case Study Length: 20 pages          Teaching Note Length: 35 pages

DVD Information: 1986, rated PG, approximately 114 minutes, color, Region 1 Encoding

Case Study: F-393 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.95
Teaching Note: F-393-TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.95
DVD: F-393-DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34.95
DVD Teaching Kit: F-393-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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