Winter 2015/Houston
LD500
Parchman
LD500: LEADERSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Karen Parchman.
DESCRIPTION: The course teaches students to engage organizational change in congregations and other organizations. The course will specifically address ways to engage the context within which the organization exists.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: The student will (1) demonstrate an understanding of intercultural Christian leadership; (2) will be able to reflect theologically about leadership; and (3) will be able to describe the implications of this learning for their own contexts.
COURSE FORMAT: This class meets over four weekends, Fridays for 3.5 hours and Saturdays for 4 hours, for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: 765 total number of pages required.
Bolman, L. and Deal, T., Reframing Organizations. Jossey-Bass, 2008. ISBN: 978-0787987992, Pub. Price $36.00 [200 pp.].
Branson, M.L. and Martinez, J. Churches, Cultures & Leadership. IVP, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839261, Pub. Price $25.00 [100 pp.].
Collins, J. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN: 978-0066620992, Pub. Price $16.00 [150 pp.].
________.Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great. HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN: 978-0977326402, Pub. Price $11.95 [35 pp.].
Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line. HBSP, 2002. ISBN: 978-1578514373, Pub. Price $22.00 [120 pp.].
Selected Articles:
Argyris, C., “Teaching Smart People How to Learn” Harvard Business Review, 1991 [16 pp.].
Collins, J. and Porras, J., “Building Your Company’s Vision,” HBR, 1996 [16 pp.].
Cormode, S., “Multi-Layered Leadership,” Journal of Religious Leadership, 2002 [35 pp.].
Dykstra, C., “Evaluation as Collaborative Inquiry” Initiatives in Religion, 1993 [6 pp.].
Ely, R. and Meyerson, D., “Theories of Gender in Organizations,” Working Paper #8, Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons College , 2000. (www.simmons.edu/som/docs/cgo_wp8_DNC.pdf) [46 pp.].
Heifetz, R., “The Work of Leadership” HBR, 2001 [16 pp.].
_________ Leadership without Easy Answers. HBSP, 1994. pp. 69-129 [70 pp.].
Peterson, E., “Throw me into the sea!” in Under the Unpredictable Plant. Eerdmans, 1992 [4 pp.].
Senge, P., “The Leader’s New Work,” Sloan Management Review, 1990 [17 pp.].
Wuthnow, R., “The Crisis in the Churches,” in Financing American Religion, 1999 [10 pp.].
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
Reading – 765 pages [51 hours].
Writing – Nine integrative papers of two pages each (SLO #2 and 3) [64 hours] [50%].
FINAL Exam – (SLO #1) [15 hours] [50%].
PREREQUISITES: IS500, IS501, IS502, and IS503 are highly recommended but not required.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet LDR requirement for the 120 MDiv Program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes, in class.