<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>UTas ePrints - Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/javascript/auto.js"><!-- padder --></script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/auto.css);</style>
<style type="text/css" media="print">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/print.css);</style>
<link rel="icon" href="/images/eprints/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/eprints/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="Top" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/" />
<link rel="Search" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/search" />
<meta content="Poulson, Chris" name="eprints.creators_name" />
<meta content="Hanson, Dallas" name="eprints.creators_name" />
<meta content="cpoulson@utas.edu.au" name="eprints.creators_id" />
<meta content="dhanson@utas.edu.au" name="eprints.creators_id" />
<meta content="conference_item" name="eprints.type" />
<meta content="2007-07-26" name="eprints.datestamp" />
<meta content="2008-01-08 15:30:00" name="eprints.lastmod" />
<meta content="show" name="eprints.metadata_visibility" />
<meta content="Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education" name="eprints.title" />
<meta content="unpub" name="eprints.ispublished" />
<meta content="350201" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="339999" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="220000" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="410102" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="public" name="eprints.full_text_status" />
<meta content="paper" name="eprints.pres_type" />
<meta content="Shakespeare, Henry V, Coriolanus, Management Education, Leadership, Theatre, Conflict, Mythic Leadership" name="eprints.keywords" />
<meta content="Using Shakespeare's Henry V as an exemplar of mythic, ideal leadership has become increasingly popular in management education. We will examine Henry V and compare his leadership to that of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (an exemplar of poor leadership?). Both engage the polity but in highly contrasting ways. We will argue that neither is ideal as both are rooted in power, glorifying war and conflict, and both suggest that great victories can be gained at little cost; war is used as a super-ordinate goal in an effort to deflect attention to the condition of the people and to shape cultural meaning. In addition the king twice issues orders in Shakespeare's Henry V to "kill all the prisoners", actions not included in the Branagh (1989) and Olivier (1944) film versions of the play that are those popularly used in management training at MIT, the University of Virginia and the popular workshops run by Lord Olivier's son Richard. We encourage caution in using Henry V in management education as Henry is more virtuous in Shakespearean myth than he was in reality. " name="eprints.abstract" />
<meta content="2007-07-04" name="eprints.date" />
<meta content="published" name="eprints.date_type" />
<meta content="14" name="eprints.pages" />
<meta content="XXV Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism" name="eprints.event_title" />
<meta content="Ljubljana, Slovenia" name="eprints.event_location" />
<meta content="1-4 July 2007" name="eprints.event_dates" />
<meta content="conference" name="eprints.event_type" />
<meta content="UNSPECIFIED" name="eprints.thesis_type" />
<meta content="TRUE" name="eprints.refereed" />
<meta content="http://www.scos.org/2007/page8/page82/page82.html" name="eprints.official_url" />
<meta content="Agincourt Computing. The Road to Agincourt. [http://www.aginc.net/battle/ops.html] accessed 15 January 2007]
Augustine, N. and Adelman, K. 1999. Shakespeare in Charge: The Bard's Guide to Leading and Succeeding on the Business Stage. New York: Talk Miramax Books
Baldo, J. 1996. "Wars of Memory in Henry V" Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 47, No. 2, pp 132-159
Banerjee, R. 2006. "The common good and the necessity of war: emergent republican ideals in Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus." Comparative Drama Vol. 40, No. 1 pp 29-50
Barker, J. 2005. Agincourt. London: Little, Brown
Berkoff, S. (Director) Coriolanus. Videotape recorded at Tokyo Globe Theatre. (not dated) Available at http://www.stevenberkoff.com/buyco.html (accessed 1 July 2005)
Bloom, H. 1998a. Shakespeare - The invention of the human. New York: Riverhead
Bloom, H. (ed.) 1998b. William Shakespeare's Coriolanus. New York: Chelsea House
Bloom, H. (ed.) 1998c. William Shakespeare's Henry V. New York: Chelsea House
Branagh, K. (Director) 1989. Henry V. MGM Home Entertainment DVD
Corrigan, P. 1999. Shakespeare on Management - Leadership lessons for today's managers. London: Kogan Paul
Egan, M. 2000. "Managers as kings: Shakespeare on modern leadership" Management Decision
Vol. 38 No. 5 pp. 315-327
Edwards, S. 2002. Mythic Leadership. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute
Errante, A. 2003. "Where in the World do Children Learn 'Bloody Revenge'?: cults of terror and counter terror and their implications for child socialization." Globalisation, Societies and Education. Vol. 1, No. 2
Fernandez-Armesto, F. "The Myth of Henry V" London: BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ (accessed 9 July 2005)
Fernie, E. 2002. Shame in Shakespeare. London: Routledge
Ford, J. "Leadership lessons from Shakespeare prove timely." Inside UVA Online. 8-26-2005 [http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/14/shakespeare.html accessed 12-26-2006]
Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute http://www.hartwickinstitute.org/ The Henriad (Case study and Teaching Notes, 1994) and Henry V (The Branagh Film) (case Study and Teaching Notes, 1989 and 2001) Oneonta, NY: Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute.
Hedrick, D. 2004. "The Bard of Enron: From Shakespeare to Noir Humanism" College Literature Vol.31, Iss. 4, pp.19-36
Henderson, D. 2006a. Collaborations with the Past: Reshaping Shakespeare and Media Across Time. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Henderson, D. (ed.) 2006b. A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Malden, MA: Blackwell
Holt, L. 1976. "From Man to Dragon: A study of Shakespeare's Coriolanus." Jacobean Drama Studies. Salzburg, Austria: Institut FÃÂür Engliushe Sprache und Literatur UniversitÃÂät Salzburg
Howard, J and Sherlshow, S., (eds.) 2001. Marxist Shakespeares. London: Routledge
Huffman, C. 1971. Coriolanus in Context. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell U. Press
Lane, R. 1994. " 'When Blood is Their Argument': Class, Character, and Historymaking in Shakespeare's and Branagh's Henry V" ELH, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 27-52
Lanier, D. 2002. "Shakescorp Noir" Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol53, No. 2, pp. 157-180
Lean Briefing and Factory Science. "Henry V and Charismatic Leadership" [http://www.strategosinc.com/band_of_brothers.htm] part of training series: "Leadership for Lean Manufacturing" http://www.strategosinc.com/henry_v_synopsis.htm [accessed 15 January 2007]
Lubit, R. 2002. "The long-term organizational impact of destructively narcissistic managers." Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 127-138
Maccoby, M. 2003. The Productive Narcissist: The promise and peril of visionary leadership. New York: Broadway
Mercer Delta Consulting. "Point of View: Leading Change: the Mythic Leader and Beyond." [http://www.mercerdelta.com/organizational_consulting/publications_insights.html accessed 12/26/06 - requires registration]
Meron, T. 1992. "Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth and the Law of War." The American Journal of International Law. Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 1-45
Meron, T. 1998. "Crimes and accountability in Shakespeare." The American Journal of International Law. Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 1-40
Merritt, S and DeGraff, J. 1996. "The Revisionary Visionary: Leadership and the Aesthetics of Adaptability" Journal of Aesthetics Education Vol. 30, No. 4. Pp. 69-85
MIT Newsroom "To Be or Not to Be ... a Leader -- MBA students learn leadership through Shakespeare." (not dated) http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2004-leadership-acting.php accessed 12/26/2006
Moshinsky, E. (director) 2005. Coriolanus. BBC Home Entertainment DVD
Mossman, J. 1994. "Henry V and Plutarch's Alexander" Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 45, No.1, pp.57-73
Norwich, J. 2000. Shakespeare's Kings. London: Penguin
Olivier, L. 1944. Henry V. Rank Films [DVD version Criterion Collection 1999]
Oliver, R. 2000. Inspirational Leadership - Henry V and the muse of fire. London: The Industrial Society
Phillips, J. (ed.) 1970. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Coriolanus. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall
Plutarch Coriolanus (Original 75 A.C.E.) http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/coriolan.html (accessed 10 January 2007)
Powar, B. and Eastman K. 1997. "The nature and implications of contextual influences on transformational leadership: A conceptual examination." Academy of Management Review. Vol. 22, no. 1. Pp. 80-109
Rabkin, N. 1977. "Rabbits, Ducks, and Henry V." Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 28, No. 3 pp. 279-296
Scheff, T. 1994. Bloody Revenge: emotions, nationalism, and war. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
Shafritz, J. 1999. Shakespeare on Management. New York: Harper
Smith, B. 2000. Shakespeare and Masculinity. Oxford: Oxford
Spencer, F. 1989. "Shakespeare's greatest warriors: Why does Henry V succeed where Coriolanus and Macbeth fail?" Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Academy - Honors Paper
Stevenson, W. 1996. "A Muse of Fire or a Winter of Discontent? Teaching Shakespeare in the Leadership Course" Journal of Management Education Vol. 20, No. 1, p.39-47
Sutherland, J. and Watts, C. 2000. Henry V, War Criminal? And other Shakespeare puzzles. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Tucker, K. 1996. Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland
Wentersdorf, K. 1976. "The conspiracy of Silence in Henry V" Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 27, No. 3, pp 264-287
Weschler, L. 1996. "Take No Prisoners: How would Henry V have fared at the war-crimes tribunal in The Hague?" The New Yorker June 17 pp. 50 - 59
Westley, F. and Mintzberg, H. 1989. "Visionary Leadership and Strategic Management." Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 10, Summer, pp. 17-32
Whitney, J. and Packer, T. 2000. Power Plays: Shakespeare's lessons in leadership and management. New York: Simon and Schuster
Wise, I. and Mills, M. (eds.) 2006 .Psychoanalytic Ideas and Shakespeare. London: Karnac
" name="eprints.referencetext" />
<meta content="Poulson, Chris and Hanson, Dallas (2007) Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education. In: XXV Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism, 1-4 July 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Unpublished)" name="eprints.citation" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1470/1/Mythic_Leadership_and_the_Reality_of_Conflict-_Shakespeare%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Henry_V_and_Coriolanus__in_Management_Education_.pdf" name="eprints.document_url" />
<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.0/" />
<meta content="Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education" name="DC.title" />
<meta content="Poulson, Chris" name="DC.creator" />
<meta content="Hanson, Dallas" name="DC.creator" />
<meta content="350201 Human Resources Management" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="339999 Other Education" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="410102 Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="Using Shakespeare's Henry V as an exemplar of mythic, ideal leadership has become increasingly popular in management education. We will examine Henry V and compare his leadership to that of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (an exemplar of poor leadership?). Both engage the polity but in highly contrasting ways. We will argue that neither is ideal as both are rooted in power, glorifying war and conflict, and both suggest that great victories can be gained at little cost; war is used as a super-ordinate goal in an effort to deflect attention to the condition of the people and to shape cultural meaning. In addition the king twice issues orders in Shakespeare's Henry V to "kill all the prisoners", actions not included in the Branagh (1989) and Olivier (1944) film versions of the play that are those popularly used in management training at MIT, the University of Virginia and the popular workshops run by Lord Olivier's son Richard. We encourage caution in using Henry V in management education as Henry is more virtuous in Shakespearean myth than he was in reality. " name="DC.description" />
<meta content="2007-07-04" name="DC.date" />
<meta content="Conference or Workshop Item" name="DC.type" />
<meta content="PeerReviewed" name="DC.type" />
<meta content="application/pdf" name="DC.format" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1470/1/Mythic_Leadership_and_the_Reality_of_Conflict-_Shakespeare%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Henry_V_and_Coriolanus__in_Management_Education_.pdf" name="DC.identifier" />
<meta content="http://www.scos.org/2007/page8/page82/page82.html" name="DC.relation" />
<meta content="Poulson, Chris and Hanson, Dallas (2007) Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education. In: XXV Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism, 1-4 July 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Unpublished)" name="DC.identifier" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1470/" name="DC.relation" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/BibTeX/epprod-eprint-1470.bib" title="BibTeX" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/ContextObject/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="OpenURL ContextObject" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/ContextObject::Dissertation/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="OpenURL Dissertation" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/ContextObject::Journal/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="OpenURL Journal" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/DC/epprod-eprint-1470.txt" title="Dublin Core" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/DIDL/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="DIDL" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/EndNote/epprod-eprint-1470.enw" title="EndNote" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/HTML/epprod-eprint-1470.html" title="HTML Citation" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/METS/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="METS" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/MODS/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="MODS" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/RIS/epprod-eprint-1470.ris" title="Reference Manager" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/Refer/epprod-eprint-1470.refer" title="Refer" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/Simple/epprod-eprint-1470text" title="Simple Metadata" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/Text/epprod-eprint-1470.txt" title="ASCII Citation" type="text/plain; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/1470/XML/epprod-eprint-1470.xml" title="EP3 XML" type="text/xml" />
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" onLoad="loadRoutine(); MM_preloadImages('images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4_f2.gif')">
<div class="ep_noprint"><noscript><style type="text/css">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/nojs.css);</style></noscript></div>
<table width="795" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="795">
<!-- fwtable fwsrc="eprints_banner_final2.png" fwbase="ePrints_banner.gif" fwstyle="Dreamweaver" fwdocid = "1249563342" fwnested="0" -->
<tr>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="32" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="104" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="44" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="105" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="41" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="16" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="82" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="69" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="98" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="12"><img name="ePrints_banner_r1_c1" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r1_c1.gif" width="795" height="10" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="10" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c1" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c1.gif" width="32" height="118" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c2" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c2.gif" width="104" height="103" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td colspan="10"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c3.gif" width="659" height="41" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="41" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/"><img name="ePrints_banner_r3_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r3_c3.gif" width="190" height="31" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="7"><img name="ePrints_banner_r3_c6" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r3_c6.gif" width="469" height="37" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="31" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img name="ePrints_banner_r4_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r4_c3.gif" width="190" height="6" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="6" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c3.gif" width="149" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/information.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821132634_0,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c5');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c5','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c5" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5.gif" width="57" height="25" border="0" alt="About" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/view/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133021_1,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c7');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c7','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c7" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="Browse" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/search/simple" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133201_2,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c8');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c8','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c8" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="Search" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/register" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout();" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1018171924_3,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c9');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c9','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c9" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="register" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/users/home" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133422_4,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c10');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c10','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c10" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10.gif" width="82" height="25" border="0" alt="user area" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/help/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133514_5,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c11');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c11','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c11" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11.gif" width="69" height="25" border="0" alt="Help" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="3" colspan="4"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c12" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c12.gif" width="98" height="40" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2"><img name="ePrints_banner_r6_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c3.gif" width="44" height="39" border="0" alt="ePrints home" /></td>
<td><a href="/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r6_c4','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r6_c4" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4.gif" width="105" height="24" border="0" alt="ePrints home" /></a></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="24" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img name="ePrints_banner_r7_c2" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r7_c2.gif" width="104" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="8"><img name="ePrints_banner_r7_c4" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r7_c4.gif" width="517" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><table width="100%" style="font-size: 90%; border: solid 1px #ccc; padding: 3px"><tr>
<td align="left"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home">Login</a> | <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/register">Create Account</a></td>
<td align="right" style="white-space: nowrap">
<form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/search" style="display:inline">
<input class="ep_tm_searchbarbox" size="20" type="text" name="q" />
<input class="ep_tm_searchbarbutton" value="Search" type="submit" name="_action_search" />
<input type="hidden" name="_order" value="bytitle" />
<input type="hidden" name="basic_srchtype" value="ALL" />
<input type="hidden" name="_satisfyall" value="ALL" />
</form>
</td>
</tr></table></td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="toplinks"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="content" -->
<div align="center">
<table width="720" class="ep_tm_main"><tr><td align="left">
<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Poulson, Chris</span> and <span class="person_name">Hanson, Dallas</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Mythic Leadership and the Reality of Conflict: Shakespeare's Henry V and Coriolanus in Management Education.</xhtml:em> In: XXV Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism, 1-4 July 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Unpublished)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1470/1/Mythic_Leadership_and_the_Reality_of_Conflict-_Shakespeare%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Henry_V_and_Coriolanus__in_Management_Education_.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1470/1/Mythic_Leadership_and_the_Reality_of_Conflict-_Shakespeare%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_Henry_V_and_Coriolanus__in_Management_Education_.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.scos.org/2007/page8/page82/page82.html">http://www.scos.org/2007/page8/page82/page82.html</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Using Shakespeare's Henry V as an exemplar of mythic, ideal leadership has become increasingly popular in management education. We will examine Henry V and compare his leadership to that of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (an exemplar of poor leadership?). Both engage the polity but in highly contrasting ways. We will argue that neither is ideal as both are rooted in power, glorifying war and conflict, and both suggest that great victories can be gained at little cost; war is used as a super-ordinate goal in an effort to deflect attention to the condition of the people and to shape cultural meaning. In addition the king twice issues orders in Shakespeare's Henry V to "kill all the prisoners", actions not included in the Branagh (1989) and Olivier (1944) film versions of the play that are those popularly used in management training at MIT, the University of Virginia and the popular workshops run by Lord Olivier's son Richard. We encourage caution in using Henry V in management education as Henry is more virtuous in Shakespearean myth than he was in reality. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Shakespeare, Henry V, Coriolanus, Management Education, Leadership, Theatre, Conflict, Mythic Leadership</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/350201.html">350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350201 Human Resources Management</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/339999.html">330000 Education > 339900 Other Education > 339999 Other Education</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/220000.html">220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/410102.html">410000 The Arts > 410100 Performing Arts > 410102 Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1470</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Chris Poulson</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">26 Jul 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1470;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1470">item control page</a></p>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/footer_eprints.lbi" -->
<table width="795" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" class="footer">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au">UTAS home</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/">Library home</a> | <a href="/">ePrints home</a> | <a href="/contact.html">contact</a> | <a href="/information.html">about</a> | <a href="/view/">browse</a> | <a href="/perl/search/simple">search</a> | <a href="/perl/register">register</a> | <a href="/perl/users/home">user area</a> | <a href="/help/">help</a></div><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><p><img src="/images/eprints/footerline.gif" width="100%" height="4" /></p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="68%" class="footer">Authorised by the University Librarian<br />
© University of Tasmania ABN 30 764 374 782<br />
<a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/cricos/">CRICOS Provider Code 00586B</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/copyright/copyright_disclaimers.html">Copyright & Disclaimers</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/accessibility/index.html">Accessibility</a> | <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/feedback/">Site Feedback</a> </td>
<td width="32%"><div align="right">
<p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><img src="http://www.utas.edu.au/shared/logos/unioftasstrip.gif" alt="University of Tasmania Home Page" width="260" height="16" border="0" align="right" /></a></p>
<p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><br />
</a></p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><p> </p></td>
<td><div align="right"><span class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.eprints.org/software/"><img src="/images/eprintslogo.gif" alt="ePrints logo" width="77" height="29" border="0" align="bottom" /></a></span></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- #EndLibraryItem -->
<div align="center"></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
