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MGMT 409 - Leading High Performing Teams Shackleton Assignment: Meet together as a total team during our regularly scheduled class time. The location is your choice. In the past many teams have used this time to have a potluck dinner during the showing. Your assignment is: • Take informal notes on the questions below, and be prepared to debrief during the lecture next week. • Text or email at least one picture of your team meeting the night of the showing to Prof. V. Tip: you can fast forward the video 30 minutes to the actual launch of the voyage. Questions for you to consider while you are watching: 1. How does the film portray Shackleton's leadership? According to the film, when is he most effective as a leader, and what his greatest leadership accomplishments? What are some of his weakness or failures, and when do they come about? What clues does the film offer one way or another? 2. How does the film portray Shackleton's vision for the expedition? What does Shackleton want to achieve? What are his motivations? At what junctures do his objectives change? What prompts these changes? 3. What are some examples of teamwork in this film? Along what "top-down" lines does the crew seem to be organized into groups? (Age? Rank Class status? etc) How do the members of the expedition organize themselves from the "bottom-up" i.e. independently of their formal work assignments aboard the Endurance? (Friendship? Nationality? Hobbies? etc) 4. Emest Shackleton is the nominal leader of the Endurance expedition, but there were 27 men on the expedition. Who else emerges as a leader during the expedition and the ensuing chaos after the loss of the Endurance? Do you get a sense from watching the film that the mantle of leadership is ever passed between Shackleton and others? feneriences dore Shackleton encounter that challenge his leadership, either in style or authority? How does he seem to co llenge 2 6. Compose a list of the three most important "decision points" depicted in the seem to require some kind of leadership. What are the circumstances of these decision points? How does the film portray who is doing the "deciding?" What kinds of "leader lessons" might we draw from these decision points for use in our own lives? 7. Evaluate this film as a piece of historical evidence. In what ways does it seem trustworthy? Are there elements that make you more skeptical? How reliable do feel it is as proof of Shackleton's leadership abilities? What about the experience of his subordinates? The crew? How do you think the filmmakers learned about what happened to the expedition from 1914 to 1916, let alone make a dramatic film about it?
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Shackleton expedition film is amongst the most adventurous and dramatic of all time. The
exploration of Antarctica, a land that for decades remained unexplored fascinates thousands of
viewers. The Shackleton's 1914 to 1916 expedition has numerous le...


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