MA in Global Leadership Seminar 2 (one-week intensive Fall 2014) – Pasadena, CA

ML565A: Fall, 2014; ML565B: Winter 2015 (Cohort 30)

Maros

ML565: ORGANIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES (A is 2 units, B is 2 units: 160 hours)

Susan L. Maros, Adjunct Professor in Leadership.

DESCRIPTION:

All ministries exist in some form of organization, whether a church, mission agency, or marketplace business. Organizations not only offer the potential for more effective mission, they also play a role in the formation (positively or negatively) of the people who participate in them. Therefore, understanding various organizational dynamics is critical for any Christian leader desiring to have effective ministry within the organization both in terms of the organization’s development as well as in terms of the impact of the organization on the formation of people. This course will provide an introduction to seminal theories in organizational dynamics including purpose/vision of ministries, ministry values, learning organizations, organizational structures, culture, and organizational life-cycles. Through the use of the seminal theories, case studies and the final projects, students will have the opportunity to analyze their own organizational contexts and plan for the future.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon the successful completion of the course, students will have

1. participated in an organizational leadership learning community;
2. interacted with seminal theories of organizational development;
3. observed their church/organization through a variety of organizational development theories;
4. evaluated their church/organization in order to diagnose health and offered prescriptives, if necessary;
5. explored approaches and skills that contribute to their formation as leaders within organizations;
6. sharpened their organizational leadership expertise.

COURSE FORMAT:

This course sequence consists of pre-course reading, proactive book reports, and class participation in a one-week intensive, which includes spiritual formation, lectures, small groups, case studies, and exercises (part A) and a concluding section that includes additional reading and two analytical/integrative writing projects (part B). It is part of the Global Leadership Seminar 2, a required two-week intensive course for the MA in Global Leadership.

REQUIRED READING: Approximately 1,200 pages of reading (60 hours)

If you have previously read any of the required texts, please select an alternative text from the Recommended Reading list or a book approved by the instructor.

Adizes, Ichak. Managing Corporate Lifecycles. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1999 (or, an earlier ed. of Lifecycles is fine) ISBN-10: 0735200572, pub. price $48.95 ORAdizes, Ichak. Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die and What to Do About It? 4th edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN-10: 0131744267. (300 pages assigned)

Breen, Mike, Leading Kingdom Movements: The “Everyman” Notebook on How to Change the World. Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Press, 2013. ISBN: 098466436X, pub. price $37.98. (200 pages assigned)

Collins, James, and Jerry Porras. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York: Harper Collins, 2002. ISBN: B001S33262, pub. price $17.99 (300 pages assigned)

Goleman, Daniel, Boyatzis, Richard, and McKee, Annie. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence. 2nd Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2013. ISBN-10: 1422168034, pub price $22.00 (200 pages assigned)

Olson, David T. Discovering Your Leadership Style: the Power of Chemistry, Strategy and Spirituality. IVP Books, 2014. ISBN: 083084113X, pub. price $11.20 (200 pages assigned)

One of the following books or sets of books (ML565B): (Students may choose to wait to purchase these books or book sets until the theories are introduced in class.)

Ashkenas, Ron, et al. The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure. Revised and Updated. Jossey-Bass, 2002. ISBN-10: 078795943X, pub. price $19.77

Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. ISBN-10: 0787975974, pub. price $38.71, AND EITHER Hofstede, Geert, and Hofstede, Gert-Jan. Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN-10: 0071664181, pub. price $19.77, OR Chand, Samuel, R., Cracking Your Church’s Culture – Seven Keys to Unleashing Vision & Inspiration. San Franscisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. ISBN-10: 0470627816, pub. price $17.76.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Broadway Business, 2006. ISBN-10: 0385517254, Pub. Price $16.47 AND Senge, Peter, et al. The Fifth Discipline: Fieldbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. ISBN-10: 0385472560, Pub. Price $21.97

Trebesch, Shelley G. "Organizations that Develop Persons: A Case Study of OMF International." FTS Dissertation, 2001. (available in the course shell)

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

ML565A (Fall 2014)

1. 1,200 pages of required reading. [60 hours].

Reading Log (20%) submitted for:

Adizes - Corporate LifeCycles

Collins & Porras – Built to Last

Goleman – Primal Leadership

2. Completion of two Proactive Reading Reports for Breen, Leading Kingdom Movements and Olson, Discovering Your Leadership Style. (40%) [This assignment is related learning outcomes #2 and #5]. [5 hours]

3. Group Work—Exercises and Discussion. (40%) [This assignment is related learning outcomes #1, 2, 5, 6]. [5 hours]

ML565B (Winter 2015)

4. Project 1: Discern and/or write the mission, vision, core values, and strategies of your ministry OR Analyze and prescribe your ministry using Adizes' Corporate Lifecycles. (40%) [This assignment is related learning outcomes #2- 6]. [15 hours]
5. Project 2: Analyzing and applying at least one of the organizational theories to your ministry. (60%)[This assignment is related learning outcomes #2-6]. [35 hours]

PREREQUISITES: This course is only available to those who are accepted into the MA in Global Leadership.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: A required course for the Cohort portion of the MA in Global Leadership. NO AUDITORS.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.