MA in Global Leadership Seminar 2 (one-week intensive Winter 2016) – Pasadena, CA

ML565A: Summer, 2016; ML565B: Fall, 2016 (Cohort 35)

Fleming

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

Charles Fleming, Affiliate Assistant Professor in Christian Leadership.

DESCRIPTION:

All ministries exist in some form of organization, whether a church, mission agency, or marketplace organization. Therefore, understanding various organizational dynamics such as organizational culture, structures of organizations, and organizational leadership is critical for any leader desiring to have effective ministry within the organization. This course will provide an introduction to the seminal theories in organizational dynamics including purpose/vision of ministries, ministry values, learning organizations, and organizational structures, culture and lifestyles. Through the use of the seminal theories, case studies and the final projects, students will have the opportunity to analyze their own organizations and plan for the future.

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

1. built 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. 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: 1,000 pages [55 hours]

If you have previously read any of the required texts, please contact the instructor for options concerning an alternative text.

ML565A Reading [300 pages, 15 hours]:

The following texts must be read prior to the intensive seminar meeting in Pasadena.

Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line. HBSP, 2002. ISBN: 978-1578514373, Pub. Price $22.00; Kindle Edition $19.

Trebesch, Shelley. Made to Flourish: Beyond Quick Fixes to a Thriving Organization. InterVarsity Academic, 2015. ISBN: 978-0830844401, Pub. Price $20.00; Kindle Edition $19.

ML565B Reading [700 pages, 40 hours]:

Students may choose to wait to purchase books or book sets for ML565B until the theories are introduced in class.

Project 1 Reading (ML565B): One of the following books (200 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; Kindle Edition $12.

Olson, David T. Discovering Your Leadership Style: the Power of Chemistry, Strategy and Spirituality. IVP Books, 2014. ISBN: 083084113X, pub. price $11.20; Kindle Edition $10.

Scazzero, Peter. The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World. Zondervan, 2015. ISBN: 0310494575, pub. price $22.99; Kindle Edition $10.

Project 2 Reading (ML565B): One of the following books or sets of books (500 pages assigned)

Ashkenas, Ron, et al. The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organizational Structure. Revised and Updated. Jossey-Bass, 2002. ISBN-10: 078795943X, pub. price $19.772013. ISBN: 098466436X, pub. price $37.98; Kindle Edition $22.

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 OR Adizes, 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.

Hill, Linda, et al. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014. ISBN-10: 1422130029, pub. price $28.00; Kindle Edition $17 AND Zschille, Dwight J. The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2014. ISBN-10: 0819229776, pub. price $18.00; Kindle Edition $10.

Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. ISBN-10: 0787975974, pub. price $38.7; Kindle Edition (2010) $35 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; Kindle Edition $13 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; Kindle Edition $13.

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; Kindle Edition $18 AND Senge, Peter, et al. The Fifth Discipline: Fieldbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. ISBN-10: 0385472560, Pub. Price $21.97; Kindle Edition $19.

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 (Summer 2015) [80 hours]

1. Pre-intensive assignments: [35 hours]

   1. Exercise 1 – Personal Information Sheet [This assignment is related learning outcome #1]

   2. Exercise 2 – Organizational Challenge Reflection, Part A [This assignment is related learning outcome #5]

   3. Required Reading:

      1. Heifetz & Linsky, Leadership on the Line

      2. Trebesch, Made to Flourish

   4. Proactive Reading Reports for Heifetz & Linsky and for Trebesch %) [This assignment is related learning outcome #2]

2. Intensive Seminar assignments: [40 hours]

   1. Classroom and small group participation

   2. Exercise 3 – Organizational Challenge Interview [This assignment is related learning outcomes #1, 2, 5]

   3. Exercise 4 – Final Day Exercise [This assignment is related learning outcomes #1, 5]

3. Post-Intensive assignments: [5 hours]

   1. Exercise 5 – Organizational Challenge Reflection, Part B [This assignment is related learning outcomes #3, 5]

ML565B (Fall 2015) [80 hours]

1. Required Reading (700 pages) [40 hours]

2. Project 1: Person of the Leader in Context—participant’s self-analysis of adaptive leadership capacity and either emotional intelligence or leadership style. [This assignment is related learning outcomes #2- 5] [15 hours]

3. Project 2: Organizational Analysis—analysis of participant’s business, church, or organization utilizing one of the following theories: lifecycle, learning organization, organizational culture, or organizational structures. [This assignment is related learning outcomes #2- 5] [25 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.