ML530: Lifelong Development (4 units)
J. Robert Clinton, Professor of Leadership
Fall 2005 Pasadena
DESCRIPTION:
This course explores the nature
of Christian leadership development. Leadership emergence theory is a grounded
theory derived from the comparative study of many life histories of biblical,
historical, and contemporary leaders.
The development of a leader takes a lifetime. God processes or shapes a leader
in terms of leadership character, leadership skills, and leadership values. The
processes that God uses can be studied, categorized, and characterized. They
can be integrated around a timeline of a leader that shows development from the
big picture, the lifetime perspective. Patterns can be observed as God develops
a person over a lifetime. These variables—that is, the large umbrella concepts
of the course, processing, time, and patterns of response—form the backbone of
the course. Emphasis in this course is upon recognition of values and lessons
learned in God's processing as well as integration of them along a timeline.
Many individual concepts flowing from these variables such as various process
items, the unique timeline, boundaries, giftedness development pattern, and
many, many more are examined, all with a view toward understanding one's own
shaping. The thrust of this course involves learning perspectives that will aid
life-long development.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student will have,
· proven the ability to analyze any leader’s life
using leadership emergence theory concepts.
· proven the ability to construct a case study
involving the following elements: unique timeline with additional information
on it (response patterns, etc.); listing of process items; a narrative capsule
(personal history); social base inventory; analysis of 5 key process items;
major principles for the 5 key process items; analysis of one major boundary;
giftedness analysis; destiny processing analysis; life purpose paragraph.
· familiarity with numerous
leadership emergence concepts including: process items, response patterns,
time-line definitions as seen by use in a written case study and exercises
turned in daily;
· worked through analysis of Images of God concepts as seen in 10 spiritual
formation inputs. See syllabus for details.
COURSE FORMAT:
This course meets for two
two-hour sessions per week. The first session includes a time of spiritual
formation. There are also instructor lectures and question/answer times. Half
of the second session involves further input on lifelong development concepts.
The other half is devoted to small group activities that apply the concepts.
REQUIRED READING:
ML530 Class Syllabus
ML530 Reader Articles (available on discs).
Clinton, J. Robert. The Making of a
Leader. Colorado Springs: NAV Press, 1998.
Clinton, J. Robert. Leadership Emergence
Theory. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers, 1989.
Trebesch, Shelley. Isolation.
Altadena: Barnabas Publishers, 1997.
Choice of One:
Samuel. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers, 1993.
Barnabas. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers, 1997.
Joshua. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers, 1990.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Reading of all listed
materials plus additional case studies on reserve shelf or in Reader or on CD
handed out in class.
2. Weekly exercises from Leadership
Emergence Theory and articles designed
for analysis of a student’s own life.
3. A case study on the student's own life using leadership emergence theory
concepts to prompt analysis. This case study will be completed by the end of
the ninth week.
4. Th.M. Students: Presentation in small group from biographical case study.
PREREQUISITES:
Students must have at least three years of ministry experience or equivalent. •
PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM INSTRUCTOR IS
NEEDED TO AUDIT and must be obtained prior to first class. Auditors must do
all class work and major project in addition to paying for grading. Written
forms for Audit available in SIS advising office.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
Requirement for MA Intercultural Studies program.
FINAL EXAM: No written
examination. Final class day students share orally the results of the class on
their lives.