Leadership in the Public Sector

Class 1. On Leadership

Readings:

• Kotter, John (2001), What Leaders Really Do, Harvard Business Review (Vietnamese version: Nhiệm vụ của nhà lãnh đạo
• Heifetz, R., (1994). Introduction & Chapter 1
• Williams, D. (2005). Introduction & Chapter 1

Class 2. Adaptive Work

Readings:

• Heifetz, R., (1994). Chapter 2-4 
• Williams, D. (2005). Chapter 2
• Ted Osius, Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong's Trip to the US in 2015

Teamwork: Vietnam Responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Class 3. Cognitive Biases, Psychological Safety, and Complex Systems

Case: Mount Everest 1996 (HBS Case 9-303-061, 2003)

Film: Everest (2015)

Class 4. Topic Leading a Team

Readings:

• Han June, Triết lý lãnh đạo của Park Hang Seo (The Leadership Philosophy of Park Hang Seo).

Class 5. The Holding Environment

Readings:

• Heifetz, R., (1994). Chapter 5
• Film The Vietnam War: A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novic

Class 6. Leadership, Authority, and Power

Readings:

• Heifetz, R., (1994). Chapters 6-7
• Huy Duc, Quyen Binh, Chapters 18 & 19

Case: The 500KV Line (Video and Newspaper Articles).

Class 7. Activist, Development, and Transition Challenges to Leadership

Readings:

• Williams, D. (2005). Chapters 3-5.

Class 8. Organizational Culture, Vision and Strategy

Case: Paul O'Neill at ALCOA and OMB (HKS case C16-92-1134.0).

Class 9. Leadership Without Authority

Readings:

• Heifetz, R., (1994). Chapters 8-10.
• Phan Chanh Duong, Nuoc Xuoi, Gio Nguoc (Favourable Water, Adverse Wind), 2015.
• Huy Duc, Quyen Binh, Chapter 21.

Case: Phan Chanh Duong (Video)

Class 10. Inspirational Leadership

Case: Winning Hearts and Minds: Reforming the Providence School District (HKS Video and Written Case)

Simulation: Columbia's Last Mission

• Team Meetings (Multimedia Case Simulation)

Class 11. Columbia's Last Mission

• Meeting Re-enactment

Class 12. Columbia's Last Mission

• Case Debrief and Discussion.

Class 13. Maintenance and Creative Challenges to Leadership

Readings:

• Williams, D. (2005). Chapters 6 & 7

Case: Hoi An Cultural Heritage

Class 14. Leading through Crises

Readings:

• Leonard, Herman B. and Arnold Howitt. 2009. "Adapting to Novelty." In Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies, Arnold M. Howitt and Herman B. Leonard. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. 275-281.
• Williams, D. (2005). Chapter 8

Case: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the "Endurance" (HBS Case 9-803-127)

Film: Shackleton's Antartic Adventure (2001).

Class 15. Leading through the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Experience of Vietnam

• Team Presentation

Class 16. Topic Course Wrap-Up.