Aligning Business Education with Ancient Chinese and Greek Philosophy: The Andrews University’s Leadership Program

Silas M. Oliveira ()
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Chapter Chapter 27 in Leadership through the Classics, 2012, pp 401-417 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Leadership Program at Andrews University is a 15-year experiment in graduate leadership education. It allows participants to create their own individualized course of studies to develop and demonstrate competency in specific areas associated with leadership. Undergirded by a philosophy that favors holistic learning by experience, the program embraces the paradoxical unity of theory and practice creating a rich environment for exchange of ideas, cultural values and perspectives, experiences and practices. A central feature of the program is the development and presentation of the 15 competency-based portfolio related to the every-day workplace of the participant. In this paper, dominant values and principles of ancient Chinese and Greek leadership philosophies were identified and compared with the Leadership program’s philosophical underpinnings and structure. The results indicate that the Program strongly reflects Chinese and Greek philosophical values, such as, self-cultivation and transformation through learning, reflection and practice, servant leadership, collectivism and love and inclusive care.

Keywords: Core Competency; Chinese Philosophy; Servant Leadership; Leadership Program; Greek Philosophy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32445-1_27

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