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In the Business Leadership courses in Hanoi and Saigon, during the first week, the students play Monopoly. The class divides into four groups, with each group receiving a Monopoly game that I brought to Vietnam from the USA. Each group gets one group leader who is responsible for the rules and settling disagreements. Then each group divides into four teams, each with a team leader.

Then things get interesting. Two team leaders in each group are instructed to lead in a strictly autocratic fashion. The other two team leaders are instructed to lead in a strictly consensus or collaborative fashion. Following the game, all students record their experiences in their personal journals. The students also evaluate the two types of leadership from the point-of-view of being a team member, or if they were a leader, from a leader's perspective.
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