Spring 2020/Pasadena

LD500

Maros

LD500: LEADERSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Susan L. Maros.

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 once per week for three-hour sessions 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.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course will teach students concepts and skills for leading in context, which is consistent with the SOT/SIS PLOs that state that, “Students will have demonstrated capacities to cultivate a theologically reflective practice of Christian discipleship.” (MDiv, MAT, MATM, MAICS), “Students will have demonstrated capacities to engage diverse cultural contexts for transformational discipleship, mission, and ministry,” and “Students will have demonstrated capacities for being theologically reflective practitioners for Christian ministry.”

REQUIRED READING: Approximately 850 total number of pages required.

Bolman, Lee and Terrance Deal. Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership, 5th Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2017. ISBN: 978-1119281818, Pub. Price $85.00 [250 pp. assigned]. Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Bordas, Juana. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, 2007. ISBN: 978-1576754320, Pub. Price $21.95 [200 pp. assigned] Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Branson, M.L. and Martinez, J. Churches, Cultures & Leadership. IVP, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839261, Pub. Price $30.00 [80 pp. assigned]. Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line. HBSP, 2002. ISBN: 978-1578514373, Pub. Price $35.00 [190 pp. assigned].

Readings in (Intercultural) Leadership:

Argyis, Chris, and David Schon. "Teaching smart people how to learn."Harvard Business Review69 (1991): 99-109. [16 pp.] Available as e-journal from the Fuller Library.

Chin, Jean Lau “Diversity Leadership: Influence of Ethnicity, Gender, and Minority Status,” Open Journal of Leadership 2, no. 1 (2013): 1-10. [10 pp.] eReserves

Ely, Robin J., and Debra E. Meyerson. "Theories of Gender in Organizations: A New Approach to Organizational Analysis and Change1."Research in Organizational Behavior22 (2000): 103-151. [46 pp.]. eReserves

Nakanishi, Don T. (ed.), Asian American Leadership: A Concise Reference Guide. Mission Bell Media, 2015. [selected articles, approx. 15 pp.] Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Rowe, Nicolas and Ray Aldred, “Healthy Leadership and Power Differences in the Postcolonial Community: Two Reflections” in Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations: Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis, edited by Kay Higher Smith, 211-223. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014. [13 pp] eReserves

Senge, Peter M. “The Leader’s New Work: Building Learning Organizations,” Sloan Management Review, 32, No. 1 (Fall 1990): 7-23. [17 pp.]. eReserves

Readings in Church Leadership:

Callahan, Sharon (Ed).Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Publications, 2013. [selected articles, approx. 30 pp.] eReserves

Cormode, Scott. “Multi-Layered Leadership: The Christian Leader as Builder, Shepherd and Gardener.” Journal of Religious Leadership, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2002): 69-104. [35 pp.]. eReserves

Rasmussen, Steven D. “Connected: The Role of Social Capital for Leaders with Impact” in African Christian Leadership : Realities, Opportunities, and Impact, edited by Robert J. Priest and A. Kirimi Barine., 65-84. Maryknoll, NY: ORBIS, 2017. [20 pp.] Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Ngunjiri, Faith Wambura.“Critical Servant Leadership: Finding Fulfillment in Serving Humanity” In Women’s Spiritual Leadership in Africa : Tempered Radicals and Critical Servant Leaders, 169-182. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010. [14 pp.] Available as e-book from the Fuller Library.

Additional readings will be posted on the course Canvas page.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. 850 pages of required reading + online videos. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2.] [55 hours].
2. Classroom engagement – Course participants will engage in active learning to foster understanding of and capacity for theologically-informed reflection (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2.] [30 hours]
3. Group preparation and presentation of a case study (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2 and 3.] [DLA, 10 hours].
4. Eight integrative reflection papers of 750 words each (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2 and 3.] [25 hours].
5. Reflective Term Paper (10 pages) in response to a contextualized case study (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3) [20 hours]
6. Final Exam (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3.] [20 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.

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