Leadership in Glory
The author of this report chose the movie Glory from a list of several movies or television shows. The author will look at Glory character Robert Shaw from a leadership perspective. Specifically, the author is to answer six different questions. The first question is what supervisory techniques in the move were effective. The second asks what methods were not effective. The third question asks how a supervisor could have or should have acted differently in a particular scene or situation in the movie. Fourth, the author will explain how a wartime or emergency room environment can greatly shift and change how supervisors perform and react because of their very stressful environment. Fifth, the author of this report will explain the supervisory trait that the author most identifies with. Finally, the author will explain how using the "textbook" technique can lead to failure and how this manifests in the movie Glory. While leadership is not rocket science, stressful situations and using cookie-cutter technique can lead to problems.
Analysis
One method that Shaw used in the movie was to fight for his black soldiers' right to have socks and shoes just like the white soldiers in the group. It is not logical or ethical to not give shoes and socks when they are available and Shaw would not stand for that. One event in the movie where Shaw clearly missed the leadership mark was when Shaw did not stop the flogging of Trip given that...
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