12 O Clock High

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Leadership Qualities, Pitfalls, and Outcomes of “12 O’clock High” Emmanuel Cortes National University Abstract The research paper is about the several leadership and management traits the motion picture “12 O’Clock High” portrays, specifically Hersey’s four quadrant Situational Leadership Behavioral Model. Hersey’s model includes: S1, leader made decisions, S2 leader made decisions with dialog and/or explanation, S3, leader and follower made decisions with encouragement from leader and finally S4, follower made decisions. This paper also denotes other styles of leadership including transformational leadership and how it differs from other forms of leadership such as country club leadership. The papers main focus is to highlight the importance of not just sticking to one form of leadership but to adapt to the situation and find which form of leadership best suits that specific situation. “12 O’Clock High” is a perfect example of how important these different types of leadership traits are used in the most stressful types of work environments. “Twelve O'Clock High” is an American motion picture film about a United States Army Air Crew which flew bombing missions against Nazi Germany during the beginning of American involvement in World War II. The film starts when Major Harvey Stovall begins to have flashbacks of his involvement in the 918th Bomb Group during the Second World War. Colonel Keith Davenport is the commanding officer of the bomb group that is suffering massive casualties, 918th, and in turn has a very low morale. A stressed Colonel Davenport starts to become an ineffective leader and General Patrick Pritchard, the ranking General, notices this during a conversation at the beginning of the film. General Savage tells Davenport “Keith, good navigators is the one thing we're not short of. If you decide that you ought to relieve this boy,
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