EXPLORING A DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP AND THE BIOGRAPHY OF DR. FRANK B. WYNN

Author

David Clyde Walters, The University of Montana

Year of Award

2009

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Type

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Degree Name

Educational Leadership

Department or School/College

School of Education

Committee Chair

Merle Farrier

Commitee Members

John Matt, Frances L. O'Reilly, Cheryl Gilmore, Charles A. Bonsett

Keywords

Aristotle, biography, definition, ethics, Leadership, virtues

Publisher

University of Montana

Abstract

Frank B. Wynn was a leader in the first decades of the 20th Century. In the process of establishing timeless leadership standards for reconstructing his biography, it became apparent that no such standard existed, owing to more than 300 definitions of leadership at the end of the 20th century. The central research question asked what elements of leadership are historically and logically independent of context, and if those elements can be illuminated in a specific example of a leader examined from holistic criteria? The study consisted of an etymology of leadership terms, an exploration of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Categories, an examination of the criteria for accurate definition, and finally a reconstructed biography of Dr. Frank B.Wynn.

Recommended Citation

Walters, David Clyde, "EXPLORING A DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP AND THE BIOGRAPHY OF DR. FRANK B. WYNN" (2009). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1299.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1299