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A 5 page paper that begins with a brief report of when Mandela began protesting and also reports his early leadership lessons. The paper discusses his leadership during his incarceration with examples, commenting on the styles of leadership demonstrated. Included per student request is how Mandela's style would be appropriate for construction managers. The paper ends by identifying a specific leadership style Mandela demonstrated. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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on was wrong and he decided to fight against it. That wrong can be summed up in one word - apartheid. It was while he was a student the missionary
College of Fort Hare that he first began protesting against the white ruling class of Africa (Brink 1998). His rebellious streak was also demonstrated upon his graduation when he simply
ran away so he would not have to enter an arranged marriage (Brink 1998). He became a lawyer in Johannesburg (Brink 1998). As a lawyer, Mandela became more and more
aware of the injustices and the basic perception of blacks in his country as nonpersons (Brink 1998). His outrage fueled the courage he would need for the rest of his
life (Brink 1998). But, he was also smart and clever enough to know that while violence is sometimes needed to make such dramatic changes in a nation, a nonviolence approach
would be more effective and more successful (Brink 1998). He began his quest by joining the Youth League of the African National Congress where he became enmeshed in passive aggressive
programs to fight the laws, one of which was a formal pass blacks had to carry (Brink 1998). Mandelas participation in those activities led to his first
arrest in 1956 along with more than 150 other passive-resistance protestors, all of whom were charged with treason (Brink 1998). The trial took five years at the end of which
all were acquitted (Brink 1998). But, the Mandela and the people were incensed by then because just one year before, in 1960, there was a brutal and bloody massacre with
the government promising more of the same (Brink 1998). The second time he was arrested and put in prison, his leadership became clear. He arranged for all prisoners to be
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