Explorations In Leadership
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Module8Assignment.docxITGS 400 Explorations in Leadership
Required Texts:
Read Mandela Part 9
Mandela, Nelson. (1995) Long Walk to Freedom. New York: Little Brown and Company Paperback. ISBN: 0-31654818-9. (Make sure that you have the full version, not an abridged version, otherwise you’ll not be able to complete assignments).
Response to Materials
Assignment Instructions:
· Do not delete the questions – simply indent your answers to retain the numbering system.
· Use a formal writing style and proofread for correct use of language.
· Write a short paragraph for each question, addressing each of the points mentioned.
The aim is generally threefold:
(1) to demonstrate your familiarity with the course materials. Provide as much information you consider necessary to achieve this end. Cite the page number in the text where you found the information using this format: “(Mandela, 2012, p. 5)” and for films, cite the director and date e.g., “(Attenborough, 1982)” or in the case of my own instructor videos, “(Woodward, 2007)”. For the book, check what date your edition is on the front inside cover, it might be the original from 1995, or a later publication. If you have an audio book, it likely states the publication date somewhere.
(2) to think critically about issues and comment on them
(3) to self-reflect on your own development of leadership to date and potential for the future. This is considered in a much broader sense than leadership within any official position and includes day-to-day lifestyle.
Mandela: Part 9
1. The prisoners began on a new form of labor, collecting seaweed for export to Japan for conversion to fertilizer. This had a benefit for the prisoners in terms of their lunch rations.
(A) What did they collect to cook in a second pot when they were working at the beach?
(B) Comment on how the prisoners were able to finds ways to psychologically survive their years of imprisonment and the daily challenges, giving your views on these measures.
(C) Explain any means you’re willing to share about how you’ve managed to psychologically survive a time of challenge in your own life.
2. (A) Explain why Robben Island was known as “The University,” the nature of the syllabus used and the format of classes.
(B) Comment on the power of learning and education and how much is determined not by circumstance alone but by internal drive to succeed.
(C) Comment on the application of this concept to your own life.
3. (A) During a visit to the dentist on the mainland, what situation seen outside the windows made the prisoners abandon their plan to escape?
(B) Comment on the importance of careful assessment, being flexible, and making critical quick decisions that can impact one’s entire future.
4. (A) What nation-wide events began in Soweto in 1976 that led to an influx of prisoners in the isolation section?
(B) What did Mandela notice about the manner of these new prisoners?
(C) Comment on why they might have been so different to the older prisoners.
Movie: Searching for Sugar Man Part 1
https://hml.ewu.edu/player?autostart=n&fullscreen=y&width=852&height=480&videoId=3689&quality=hi&captions=n&chapterId=0
Movie: Searching for Sugar Man Part 2
5. (A) What was Rodriguez expressing in the lyrics of his songs?
(B) Comment on whether you think his lyrics have any validity today and how.
6. (A) What type of discrimination did Rodriquez encounter in the commercial music world?
(B) Comment on the forces that determine what we consume in the music world.
7. (A) Comment on any current or recent artist of any culture who is providing leadership through music
(B) describe one or more of the messages being promoted by that artist.
8. Consider the ideas you’ve suggested so far in previous assignments for a project you might pursue impacting social change in your field.
(A) describe some practical first steps you might take to either begin your project/action or expand it.
