THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
     John Huston's film based on Rudyard Kipling's famous story explores the dynamics of power and charismatic leadership against the exotic backdrop of India and Kafiristan in the late nineteenth century.  This Hartwick Classic Film Leadership Case® examines the challenges facing two swashbuckling entrepreneurs as they attempt to scheme their way into positions of power.  What results is an investigation into the clash of cultures, the nature of authority, and types of group interaction.  The dramatics series of events exhibits classic strengths and weaknesses of the human psyche in extreme situations.

 
Topics Include: Entrepreneurship, Charisma, Conflict, Power, Transformational Leadership

Theories Covered: Fiedler's Contingency Model, Leadership Substitutes Theory,
                                 Conflict Management, Charismatic and Transformational Leadership,
                                 The Effects of Charisma: Referent Power, Expert Power and Job
                                 Involvement, How Transformations Take Place

Film Information: 1975, rated PG, 129 minutes, color

Case Study Length: 20 pages        Teaching Note Length: 21 pages

Case Study: F-626 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.95
Teaching Note: F-626-TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.95
Video Tape: F-626-TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29.95
Video Teaching Kit: F-626-TK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39.95
includes case study, teaching note and video tape
DVD: F-626-DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34.95
DVD Teaching Kit: F-626-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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