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    effectively for the overall good. Coach Yoast was excellent at interpreting situations. His actions and observation skills also facilitated the success of the team racial merger when Gary and Julius came together at football camp. His hesitation to interfere when Gary and Julius initially united on the field, in what initially appeared to be a confrontation, brought the team together. Since Julius and Gary are team leaders informally and formally respectfully, Coach Yoast ability to interoperate the situation

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    Coah Boone and Coah Yoast demonstrate leadership qualities in a different way. Coah Boone reveals authority and confidence when he is coach regardless of he is black in the community, he divides both the races of players to sit and sleep together at the camp no matter what race they are in which he hopes that it would bring the players together. He wants them to be familiar and understand each other as a team. On the other hand, Coah Yoast also uncovers insightful and accountability when it comes

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    consolidate and integrate all the schools in the district, T. C. Williams finds itself caught up in the middle of racial tensions as both blacks and whites are now attending the same school. Tension builds even more when the current head coach, Bill Yoast, a white coach, is told by the school board that he must step down to assistant coach to make way for the newly appointed head coach, Herman Boone, a black coach. The movie focusses around the football team as both blacks and whites lean to put

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    The town parents and players are outraged that a black man was going to be their new head coach. The previous coach, Bill Yoast had a winning season and was nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. Coach Yoast gained the support and love in the community. The white football players were also upset having a black coach and threatened to quit the team if Coach Yoast was replaced while the blacks were very happy. This is the first time the

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    Boone, a black head coach, is hired to lead the T.C Williams High School Football Team. The team formerly led by a white coach, Bill Yoast, is better known by their nickname, The Titans. Both Boone and Yoast must work together to bring their white and black players together in a time where segregation across racial lines in the south was commonly accepted. Boone and Yoast are successful in doing this during the team’s training camp, only to return to find that bringing the team together would be only

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    sports teams, the Titans have an autocratic leadership style. Coach Boone is the one and only person who makes the decisions, he is the main man in charge. The style is productive, and the team wins games. Although he has assistant coaches, such as Bill Yoast who is the defensive coordinator, all the decisions must go through Coach Boone first. The democratic leadership style is not applicable on a football team because that’s why teams have coaches. The team does not make group decisions. Coach Boone

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    1. Define personal, social and institutional power. Give an example of each type of power that is displayed in the movie. a. Personal power is the degree of control an individual has over their own decisions. In Remember the Titans, an example of personal power was when the white boy made a decision to start a fight with Petey Jones (a black boy) because Petey was talking to his girlfriend and threw the first punch. b. Social power is expressed in the way different people relate to each other, or

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    Manager and leader in particular have different kind of power to control their follower. But when leaders do not have the correct way to use their power, it will not have the best result. Therefore, it is necessary for any leader to understand different kind of influence tactic and when to use them. Influence is the ability to bring about change in others’ behavior, beliefs, attitudes, goals, needs, and values. There are ten different influence tactics that the leader can use depend on the situation

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    community. The intended audience of this piece is anyone who is struggling with racism and wants to put an end to this racial prejudice. This film is received by audiences universally as a sign that race is just a color. This is supported when Sheryl Yoast says, “People say it can’t work, black and white. Here, we make it work every day.” (Yakin) The movie, Remember the Titans, is focused on how the bond of brotherhood in football can unite a community to overcome racism. The story is based on T.C. Williams

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    Herman Boone Belonging

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    the beginning as they are considered better than people with coloured skin. Institutional power is when individuals have more power than others from their experience and knowledge. Institutional power is portrayed through the two coaches (Boone and Yoast) as they have more power than the students since they have studied and finished. Question 2: Belonging is the ability to feel wanted and included in a group, team or with other people. It is imperative that the younger generation understand the concept

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