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Case Study of “Remember the Titans” (2000) to Examine Power, Servant
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Case Study of “Remember the Titans” (2000) to Examine Power, Servant
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Jennifer Moss Reimers
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Gerald Parsons
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
ABSTRACT
This case study seeks to utilize the film “Remember the Titans” to focus on five
contrasting leadership principles as a means for students to apply the concepts. The
key leadership variables discussed in this case study are as follows: 1) sources of
power (French & Raven, 1959), 2) servant leadership (Greenleaf, 1977, 1996) 3)
transformational leadership (Bass, 1985), 4) followership (Kelley, 1988) and 5) change
(Bartunek & Moch, 1987). In a context of forced integration in the early 1970's, a
football team is charged with the task of creating a major paradigm shift.
Participant Case
“In Virginia, High school football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Christmas Day. My
Daddy coached in Alexandria. He worked so hard, my mamma left him. But I stayed
with coach. He needed me on that field. Up until 1971 in Alexandria, there was no race
mixing. Then the school board forced us to integrate. They combined the white school
and the black school into one called TC Williams High School. That summer a black
Case Study of “Remember the Titans” (2000) to Examine Power, Servant
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Jennifer Moss Reimers
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Gerald Parsons
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
ABSTRACT
This case study seeks to utilize the film “Remember the Titans” to focus on five
contrasting leadership principles as a means for students to apply the concepts. The
key leadership variables discussed in
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Case Study of “Remember the Titans” (2000) to Examine Power, Servant
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Jennifer Moss Reimers
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Gerald Parsons
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
ABSTRACT
This case study seeks to utilize the film “Remember the Titans” to focus on five
contrasting leadership principles as a means for students to apply the concepts. The
key leadership variables discussed in this case study are as follows: 1) sources of
power (French & Raven, 1959), 2) servant leadership (Greenleaf, 1977, 1996) 3)
transformational leadership (Bass, 1985), 4) followership (Kelley, 1988) and 5) change
(Bartunek & Moch, 1987). In a context of forced integration in the early 1970's, a
football team is charged with the task of creating a major paradigm shift.
Participant Case
“In Virginia, High school football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Christmas Day. My
Daddy coached in Alexandria. He worked so hard, my mamma left him. But I stayed
with coach. He needed me on that field. Up until 1971 in Alexandria, there was no race
mixing. Then the school board forced us to integrate. They combined the white school
and the black school into one called TC Williams High School. That summer a black
Case Study of “Remember the Titans” (2000) to Examine Power, Servant
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Followership and Change
Jennifer Moss Reimers
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Gerald Parsons
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
ABSTRACT
This case study seeks to utilize the film “Remember the Titans” to focus on five
contrasting leadership principles as a means for students to apply the concepts. The
key leadership variables discussed in