The Tao of Strategy= David R. Cross, Ph.D.
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"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
"Since when was genius found respectable?" Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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This is a list of paper topics for the Tao of Strategy (PSYC 40423), an investigation into the deep structure of strategic action. Students in the course are required to write two papers (2,000–2,500 words), on two different topics selected from this list. Students are expected to read or view the resources associated with each topic, although both topics and resources are negotiable. In the absence of any negotiation with me, it will be assumed that students will base their papers on the resources listed here. The general goal of each paper should be to analyze the selected topic from the standpoint of the strategic framework being developed in class. However, students are encouraged to discuss their chosen topics with the instructor, in order to refine their objectives. Note that this list is a work in progress.
Paper Topics
Sarah Allen (Daoist metaphors)
Wikipedia: George Lakoff
Document: Concepts We Live By (html)
Document: Metaphors of Terror (html)
Allan, S. (1997). The Way of Water and the Sprouts of Virtue. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
David Allen (choose one of his books)
Wikipedia: Getting Things Done
Website: David Allen
Weblog: Getting Things Done
Allen, D. (2001). Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. New York: Penguin Putnam.
Allen, D. (2003). Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life. New York: Viking Books.
Allen, D. (2008). Making It All Work: Winning the Game of Work and the Business of Life. New York: Penguin Putnam.
Roger Ames (compare his translation with Minford's)
Interview: Interview with Roger Ames (by Sonshi.com)
Website: Roger Ames (University of Hawaii)
Ames, R. (1993). Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare. New York: Ballantine Books.
Gregory Bateson (choose 5–6 chapters from the special issue)
Wikipedia: Gregory Bateson
Website: Gregory Bateson Links
Steier, F., & Jorgensen, J. (Eds.). (2005). Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 12(15–2) (Special Issue: Gregory Bateson: Essays for an Ecology of Ideas).
John Boyd ("Maneuver Warfare")
Wikipedia: John Boyd
Website: Defense and the National Interest
Hammond, G. T. (2001). The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Jim Collins (choose one of the books)
Website: Jim Collins
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. (1997). Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. HarperCollins.
Collins, J. C. (2001). Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't. Collins Business.
Stephen R. Covey and Stephen M. R. Covey Jr. (choose one of the books)
Wikipedia: Stephen R. Covey
Website: Stephen R. Covey
Covey, S. R. (2004). The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (15th Anniversary edition). Free Press.
Covey, S. M. R. (2008). The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything. Free Press.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (as President)
Wikipedia: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Website: Presidential Library and Museum
Greenstein, F. I. (1994). The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Milton H. Erickson (choose one of the two books by Jay Haley)
Wikipedia: Milton H. Erickson
Wikipedia: Jay Haley
Haley, J., & Richeport-Haley, M. (2003). The Art of Strategic Therapy. New York: Routledge.
Haley, J. (1976/1983). Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, MD. New York: W. W. Norton.
Eugene B. Fluckey (as Commander—choose one of the books)
Wikipedia: Eugene B. Fluckey
Fluckey, E. B. (1992). Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Lavo, C. (2007). Galloping Ghost: The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Captain Eugene Fluckey. US Naval Institute Press.
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King (The Strategy of Nonviolence)
Wikipedia: Mahatma Gandhi
Wikipedia: Gandhi (1982)
Wikipedia: Martin Luther King
Nojeim, M. J. (2004). Gandhi and King: The Power of Nonviolent Resistance. Praeger.
Gerd Gigerenzer (you can't select this topic and Gladwell's Blink)
Wikipedia: Unconscious Mind
Wikipedia: Intuition
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious. New York: Penguin Books.
Malcolm Gladwell (choose one of his three books)
Wikipedia: Malcolm Gladwell
Website: Malcolm Gladwell
Gladwell, M. (2000). The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little, Brown.
Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. New York: Little, Brown.
Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown.
Ulysses S. Grant (as General—choose one of the books)
Wikipedia: Ulysses S. Grant
Website: Ulysses S. Grant Homepage
Grant, U. S. (1990). Memoirs and Selected Letters (Volume I). The Library of America.
Smith, J. E. (2001). Grant (Chapters 1–12). Simon & Schuster.
Heinz Guderian (choose one of the books)
Wikipedia: Heinz Guderian
Document: Personality Profile: General Heinz Weilhelm Guderian (html)
Guderian, H. (1990). Panzer Leader. New York: Da Capo Press.
Macksey, K. (1992). Guderian: Panzer General . London: Greenhill Books.
François Jullien ("China as Philosophical Tool")
Wikipedia: China
Jullien, F. (2004). A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking. University of Hawaii Press.
Genghis Khan ("The Great Khan")
Wikipedia: Genghis Khan
Wikipedia: Mongol (2007)
Weatherford, J. (2004). Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Random House.
Gary Klein and Caroline Zsambok (choose 5–6 chapters from the edited book)
Wikipedia: Naturalistic Decision Making
Zsambok, C. E., & Klein, G. (Eds.). (1997). Naturalistic Decision Making. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea)
Website: Three Cups of Tea
Mortenson, G., & Relin, D. O. (2006). Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... Once School at a Time. New York: Penguin Books.
T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
Wikipedia: T. E. Lawrence
Wikipedia: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Greatest Films: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
PBS: Lawrence of Arabia
Mack, J. E. (2007). A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence (Parts I–III). Harvard University Press.
Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea)
Website: Three Cups of Tea
Mortenson, G., & Relin, D. O. (2006). Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... Once School at a Time. New York: Penguin Books.
Erwin Rommel (choose one of the two books)
Wikipedia: Erwin Rommel
DVD: Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight. A&E Biography, 2008.
Rommel, E. (1937/1979). Infantry Attacks. Athena Press.
Hoffman, K. (2004). Erwin Rommel. Brassey's, UK.
Scipio Africanus ("Greater Than Napoleon")
Wikipedia: Scipio Africanus
Liddell Hart, B. H. (1926/1976). Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon. New York: Biblio and Tannen.
Sun Lutang (Sun style Tai Ji Quan)
Wikipedia: Tai Chi Chuan
Website: Grandmaster Sun Lu Tang's Internal Martial Arts
Website: Tim Cartmell
Cartmell, T. (Trans.). (2003). A Study of Taijiquan by Sun Lutang. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
USMC (Warfighting)
Document (html): Warfighting (FMFM 1)
Document (pdf): Warfighting (MCDP 1)
U. S. M. C. (1994). Warfighting: The U. S. Marine Corps Book of Strategy. Currency Doubleday.
Richard Winters ("Biggest Brother")
Wikipedia: Richard Winters
Wikipedia: Band of Brothers (2001)
Website: Major Dick Winters
Alexander, L. (2005). Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers. NAL Hardcover.
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