Using The Boys of 36 to Integrate Motivation, Leadership, and Teamwork

Keywords: film, motivation, leadership, teamwork

Abstract: This classroom exercise uses the documentary The Boys of 36 to integrate motivation, leadership, and teamwork – three key subjects in management education. The professor and class may know intuitively those three topics are related to one another but an explicit integration of the three topics is seldom addressed in most textbooks. This exercise is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate classes in management principles, leadership, and organizational behavior. The exercise can be completed in a 60 or 90-minute class. Student feedback is almost uniformly positive.