Spring 2003/Pasadena
GM554
Patterson
GM554: LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY. Elizabeth Patterson.
DESCRIPTION:
- Good leadership requires a variety of skills - the ability to
understand human behavior, to communicate effectively, to analyze needs and set
agendas, etc. Underlying those skills, leadership requires two primary
elements: the knowledge of oneself, and a recognition of the worldview(s) that
one brings to a particular setting or circumstance. Neither of these elements,
nor a consistent Christian worldview, is easily gained. This course, while
addressing the content matter of leadership and worldviews from a Christian
perspective, will also emphasize the analysis of individual perspectives and
assumptions.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course will attempt to provide learning experiences that aid
in deepening the cognitive, affective, and behavioral understandings of
leadership as Christians in a pluralistic world.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The class sessions will be a combination of brief lectures,
discussion of readings and outside assignments, group work, and student project
presentations. The class meets weekly for three-hour sessions.
REQUIRED READING:
- A novel, biography, or autobiography selected from bibliography
(available after March 1 in the School of Theology Academic Programs Office).
- Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. & Marvin K. Mayers. Ministering
Cross-Culturally. Baker, 1986.
- Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace. Abingdon, 1996.
- One of the following books (students may wait until first class meeting to
make choice):
- Barna, George. Leaders on Leadership. Regal,
1997.
- Drucker, Peter. The Effective Executive Revisited. HarperBusiness,
2002.
- Gardner, John W. On Leadership. Touchstone, 1993.
- Heifitz, Ronald. Leadership Without Easy Answers. Belknap, 1994.
- Hersey, Paul and Kenneth Blanchard. Management of Organizational
Behavior. Prentice Hall, 2000.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Bolman, Lee and Terrence E. Deal. Reframing Organizations.
Jossey Bass, 1991.
- Dyrness, William. Learning About Theology from the Third World.
Zondervan, 1990.
- Gudykunst, W. B. and Young Yun Kim. Communicating With Strangers.
McGraw-Hill, 1992.
- Kegan, Robert. In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life.
Harvard, 1994.
- Thomas, R. R., Jr. Beyond Race and Gender. AMACOM, 1991.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- 1) The "15 minutes a day" activity plan (reading, surfing the
Internet, listening to radio, watching a movie, attending concerts, conversing,
a mini-excursion). Keep a log, and each week, write a brief (1-page) reflection
about what you have learned about yourself and/or a culture based on your
activities. These reflections will form the basis for an assigned ten-page
paper. 2) Assigned readings completed prior to the class when due,
leadership in class discussion at least once during the quarter. 3) An applied
project that focuses on a particular interest/ministry (cultural, ethnic, or
other as approved by instructor). 4) A final paper in which a "leadership
classic" is analyzed for underlying worldview perspectives (10-15
pages).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets requirement in Leadership Ministry for M.A.C.L.; meets
requirement in Ministry Foundations (MINF) for M.A. degrees.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.