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Dynamic Leadership: Using Improvisation in Business
Fall 2004
Topics
- Improvisation Methodology (cont.)
Readings
- Anonymous, and Joe Klein. “Primary Colors.” Chapter 1 in Primary Colors . New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1996, 1-32. ISBN: 0099743612.
- Halpern, C., D. Close, and K. Johnson. “What is Improve, Anyway?” In Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation . Colorado Springs: Meriwether Publishing Ltd., 1994, 13-21. ISBN: 1566080037.
- Halpem, Charna, Del Close, and Kim “Howard” Johnson. “But Seriously, Folks.” In Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation . Colorado Springs: Meriwether Publishing Ltd., 1994, 23-35. ISBN: 1566080037.
- Spolin, Viola. “Creative Experience.” In Improvisation for the Theater. Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1999, 3-17. ISBN: 081014008X.
- Balachandra, Lakshmi. “Introduction to Experiential Learning: An Analysis and Review.” MBA Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.
- Yorton, Tom. “Improv-Based Training.” T&D 57, no. 9 (September 2003): 22-23.
- Quintanilla, Carl. “Corporate Drones go off to Improv Class.” The Wall Street Journal , 15 June 1999, B1, B20.
- Lublin, Joann. “Surviving the Pressure With a Ready Plan or, Literally, a Script.” The Wall Street Journal , 2 March 2004.
- Crossan, Mary. “Improvise to Innovate.” Ivey Business Quarterly 62, no. 1 (1997): 36-42.
- Moss Kanter, Rosabeth. “Strategy as Improvisational Theater.” MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2002): 76-81.
- Gregory, Alex. “’Improv - that’s where the big money is.’ (One mime talking to another.)” New Yorker Magazine , October 20, 2003. ID: 68369, cartoonbank.com.
- Goleman, Daniel. “What Makes a Leader?” Harvard Business Review 82, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 82-91.
- Nichols, Ralph G. and Leonard A. Stevens. “Listening to People.” Harvard Business Review (September - October 1957): 112-119.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
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