Spring 2019/Fuller Live!

Irvine and Pasadena

LD500

Cormode

LD500: LEADERSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Scott Cormode.

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.

REQUIRED READING: 901 pages required.

Bolman, L. and Deal, T., Reframing Organizations. 5th edition, Jossey-Bass, 2013. ISBN: 978-1118573334, Pub. Price $75.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [200 pp.].

Branson, M.L. and Martinez, J. Churches, Cultures & Leadership. IVP, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839261, Pub. Price $27.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [100 pp.].

Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line. HBRP, 2002. ISBN: 978-1578514373, Pub. Price $35.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [120 pp.].

Scott, Kim. Radical Candor. St. Martin’s Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1250103505, Pub. Price $27.99 [245 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 – 901 pages [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1-3]. [60 hours].
Class – three hours per week plus online videos [41 hours].
Weekly group projects that include student writing, group discussion, and peer teaching. (50%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3] [45 hours].
Final Exam (50%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [15 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.