How Does Truman Show Leadership

“Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement” (Gaudette, Réné). People can be products of the world they were born into; however, people have the opportunity to take different paths that can influence and determine their future. A rebellious person can give in and surrender by pressure; yet, a mature individual can calmly take the steps towards a recreation of a world that they want to live in. In the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Oates, we are presented with Connie a rebellious and self absorbed teenager that becomes weak and surrenders to an unknown path because of pressure by two strangers.

From the vantage point of the present, it is easy to look back at the tenure of any great leader and draw conclusions about just what it was that made him/her great. We can examine the circumstances under which their leadership flourished; piece together what we know of their character and personality traits; delve into the factors that may have driven them; and dissect their leadership style all in an effort to pinpoint the source of their success. The ‘Great Man’ theory, popular in the 19th century and now thoroughly debunked, held that leaders are born, not made; suggesting that men like George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., and Winston Churchill were born with the innate capacity to change the world (Landis,

The actions and decisions made by the United States President, leader of the free world, are subject to be analyzed, scrutinized, and debated for the rest of eternity. These decisions are how that man will be judged. Out of the 44 men to hold this honored position, one man, Harry S. Truman, made several proclamations such as the institution of Desegregation in the US Military, the dropping the atomic bombs, and the declaration of the Martial Law, which forever changed our society and the world as we know it.

On 8th of January 1947, at Harry S. Truman’s first economic report as president to the congress of the United Sates, he said, ’America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand’, but little did Truman know that these beliefs of his would become misunderstood and critiqued by the masses in coming times.

When the World War II finally ended, the United States was the most powerful country the history has ever witnessed. Politically, economically, and militarily, the United States possessed an unmatched power. The Soviet Union soon built a comparable nuclear force but was far behind economically. The enormous power the United States possessed forced it to assume the responsibility of leading the Western world in the struggle against Communism around the world. To understand and properly evaluate the leadership of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, it is necessary to keep in mind this historical development, as it provides a context for understanding specific leadership styles and policies these presidents adopted. Both international affairs and domestic concerns influenced the actions and leadership styles of Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. George Moss's Vietnam: an American Ordeal makes it clear that Eisenhower was a strong and decisive leader but domestic politics continuously inhibited his liberty to act. Kennedy, in contrast, seems to have been a weak decision-maker, despite the fact that international affairs and domestic concerns continuously pressured him to make prompt and crucial decisions.

With the end of World War Two and the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, the United States emerged on the global stage as one of the planet's great economic and military powers. It is safe to say that with America's change in status, and in conjunction with profound industrial and technological change, that presidential leadership would necessarily have to transform yet again to meet a new era; nowhere could two different styles of leadership to meet the age be seen than in the Cold War administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. Both men would exhibit a unique style of leadership suited to the personality of each, and each style could be considered to characterize the administration of each president, but nevertheless, both men would also use very similar leadership styles when necessary in order to attain certain policy goals.

During his time as the Vice President of the United States, Truman had been presented with a tough task, to be the President of the United States of America. He was in a terrible position, and he felt “like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me”(“Harry S. Truman”). The country’s last

When we think of the presidency today, it is hard to understand how much it has change since its inception. Many of the founding fathers disagreed on the role that the executive branch should play, largely because they feared a leader with too much power. It is safe to say that if not for the persona of one man the presidency would not exist in the way that it does today but there are many other who have transformed the role of a branch that had merely a skeleton of an outline of what the office’s role should be. In the beginning it was like playing a game where we were making the rules up as we went; today it is an institution that the Founders would not recognize. To begin such a study, it is only just that we start with the man who

Leadership is a process of influencing activities of a particular group of people with the aim of attaining certain stipulated goals. In defining leadership there is need to consider a particular group, the common goals and the duties that are allocated to specific members of the group depending on their abilities (Fiedler 1976). Leadership therefore cannot successfully occur unless members of the group are given different considerations in terms of personality, traits and responsibilities. In considering leadership, it is important to look at the leader, the group or organization they are leading, the members as individuals and the situation; these are

I claim that Truman is intelligent because he finally found out that he has been living a lie.The reason why I claim this is because when Truman met his father who was dressed up as a poor homeless person there was these two people who I think were working for Christof,the producer who made the Truman show and when Truman was chasing his dad other citizens were like trying to distract him from reaching his dad.Ever since that event Truman started to pay more attention to his society and also his family/friends while he was paying attention to his surroundings he finally realized that everyone one does the same thing over and over its as if there was a replay button.

The first citizen of a nation can be seen as an individual who is at the head of his institution and also one of his own citizens. It may seem ironic or even impossible that a person can assume such high standing while maintaining the typical image of his fellow men. But with the unique structure of the American Government and the many interesting facets of its President, the American Presidency can assume such roles. Since the military is headed by civilian control, the President’s status as Commander-in-Chief declares him as one of and head of the civilian population. The American President is the leader of his political party as chief of party, the ceremonial head of the American Government as chief of state, and a representation of

Presidential character extends further than the success of the man’s presidency measured by factors such as national security and the economy; his presidential character is determined by his perception and attitude towards the presidency and the obligations that come with it. In the book, The Presidential Character, James David Barber categorizes the president’s general perception and attitude into three parts: style, world view, and character . According to Barber, these factors unite to form a pattern that allows us to both predict performance and grasp the fullness of presidential character. Our class had the opportunity to investigate these concepts relating specifically to one United States President – Harry Truman – through our visit to the Truman Museum in Independence, Missouri. Harry S. Truman’s style, world view, and character portray him as a man of morality who was motivated to succeed, not by enjoyment of the presidency, but by his strong morality. This moral obligation gave him reason to make the world a better place and characterizes him as an active-negative president.

This film is about Truman Burbank, a 29 Year old insurance salesman who lives in a small town called Seahaven, which is located on an island. Truman is a sincere and nice person and as the film progresses he learns that for the entirety of his life he has been broadcast on a live T.V show that is broadcast 24 hours a day to the entire world. He learns that everyone and everything he thinks he knows is actually a part of a giant television studio designed to record his life. Truman decides to escape from Seahaven to Fiji, where a childhood sweetheart is said to have moved to. As a result the producers of the show attempt to convince Truman to stay in Seahaven without admitting to him that his life is a T.V show. Eventually, Truman becomes determined to escape despite his fear of water (stemming from the belief that he had witnessed his father drown in a storm) and the fact that each of the ways off the island are blocked.

This paper will highlight the world's leading psychologist's thinking and research towards leadership who examined leadership as the psychological process (Bligh and Meindl, 2005) .This paper will cover the diversity of topics covered in this field including; psychological concept of leadership; major key psychological theories underpinning leadership behavior, power and influences; cognitive process that categorize individuals as leaders and

According to J.D. Eveland, leadership is a practice in which an individual sways groups of individuals via the medium of motivation and inspiration as a method of orchestrating the actions of those individuals as a means of accomplishing various objectives (Eveland, n.d.). With this thought in mind, we will view an assortment of vignettes extracted from various Hollywood movies that characterize various leadership styles. Accordingly, we will determine which leadership styles were portrayed by the characters and provide a brief synopsis regarding each one. Consequently, we will commence by reviewing a clip derived from the film entitled Dead Poets Society.