Fall 2016/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 is a hybrid+ course, meaning that it is a ten-week course with nine weeks of online instruction and one week of classroom instruction during week six of the quarter. The week of classroom instruction will include four hours daily of lecture and discussion, as well as additional lunch meetings and evening sessions (required in hybrid+ courses). Classroom and online instruction will include lecture and discussion for a total of 40 instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: 765 pages required.
Bolman, L. and Deal, T., Reframing Organizations. Jossey-Bass, 2008. ISBN: 978-1118573334, 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:
Approximately 765 pp. of required reading [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 2, and 3] [51 hours].
Instructional content, including audio/video lectures, Powerpoints, synchronous group chats [40 hours].
250-word weekly forum posts, and responses (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3] [15 hours].
Completion of six 750-word essays based on case studies (40%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2, 3]. [25 hours].
A final exam that includes an essay on an assigned topic [1,500 words] (40%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1,2,3]. [30 hours].
PREREQUISITES: IS500, IS501, IS502, and IS503 are highly recommended but not required.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the LDR requirement for the 120 MDiv and 80 MATM Programs (Fall 2015).
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes, online.