Crimson Tide Review of Leadership Roles
Crimson Tide Review
Retta Salerno
University of Phoenix
March 11, 2013
Crimson Tide Review
Leadership comprises of a leader and their followers, and their interactions, where the leader utilizes their influence on their followers. Clawson states, "Leadership is about managing energy, first in leaders and then in their followers" (Clawson, 2006). The influence that a leader has on their followers is power. A leader can express their power in various manners, in French and Raven’s (1959) Five Base Model of power, a characterization of power in leadership and management, defined in five bases and citied by Hinken and Schrieshiem, (Bass, 1990) as followed: * Expert power is having the capability to administer to other individuals facts, knowledge based information, or expertise. * Referent power is having the capability to administer to other individual’s feelings of personal acceptance or recognition. * Reward power is, having the capability to administer to another person’s desires or to remove or decrease things he/she does not desire. * Coercive power is, having the capability to administer to individual’s things he/she does not desire or to remove or decrease things he/she does desire. * Legitimate powers are, the ability to administer to another person’s feelings of obligation or responsibility. (pg. 232)
This paper is an analysis of the leadership roles and the influence of power that the leading characters in the movie Crimson Tide (Scott, 1995) possess. The leading actors and their characters are Gene Hackman (Captain Frank Ramsey), Denzel Washington (Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter), and George Dzunda (Chief of the Boat Cobb). In this movie analysis, we will analyze the leadership roles of each character and how they interact among each other and the other officers on the submarine, and the power that they have over them and each other. In addition in terms of leadership and compliance, we will discuss the role nuclear submarines play in
Retta Salerno
University of Phoenix
March 11, 2013
Crimson Tide Review
Leadership comprises of a leader and their followers, and their interactions, where the leader utilizes their influence on their followers. Clawson states, "Leadership is about managing energy, first in leaders and then in their followers" (Clawson, 2006). The influence that a leader has on their followers is power. A leader can express their power in various manners, in French and Raven’s (1959) Five Base Model of power, a characterization of power in leadership and management, defined in five bases and citied by Hinken and Schrieshiem, (Bass, 1990) as followed: * Expert power is having the capability to administer to other individuals facts, knowledge based information, or expertise. * Referent power is having the capability to administer to other individual’s feelings of personal acceptance or recognition. * Reward power is, having the capability to administer to another person’s desires or to remove or decrease things he/she does not desire. * Coercive power is, having the capability to administer to individual’s things he/she does not desire or to remove or decrease things he/she does desire. * Legitimate powers are, the ability to administer to another person’s feelings of obligation or responsibility. (pg. 232)
This paper is an analysis of the leadership roles and the influence of power that the leading characters in the movie Crimson Tide (Scott, 1995) possess. The leading actors and their characters are Gene Hackman (Captain Frank Ramsey), Denzel Washington (Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter), and George Dzunda (Chief of the Boat Cobb). In this movie analysis, we will analyze the leadership roles of each character and how they interact among each other and the other officers on the submarine, and the power that they have over them and each other. In addition in terms of leadership and compliance, we will discuss the role nuclear submarines play in
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