“Berkeley Lecture Series” Presents:
A Talk by Dr. Hamid Akbari, Professor of Management,
Northeastern Illinois University
Topic: “Human Rights Activists in Iran as the Inspirational Servant Leaders”
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2012
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: 126 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley:
In today’s Iran, human rights defenders and activists are at the forefront of social and political struggle for achieving democracy and human rights in Iran. In this talk, Professor Akbari will present the inspirational role and significance of these human rights defenders through the theory and principles of servant leadership.
Hamid Akbari is Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Professor of Management at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where he has taught courses in management and leadership since 1986. At Northeastern, Professor Akbari also serves as the programming director for Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh Leadership Fund. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Akbari was the Executive Director of International Society of Iranian Studies. From 1994 to 2004, he and his wife, Azar, as well as their associates, including Ario Mashayekhi, published and distributed About Iran, an action oriented bulletin in Persian and English defending human rights and democracy in Iran. Akbari received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior with a minor in political theory from the Ohio State University in 1988 and received his MBA in 1981 and MA in political science in 1982 from University of Toledo.
Lecture in Persian