ML689/789/889: Issues
in Leadership (8 units)
Elizabeth L. Glanville, Director of SIS Doctoral Programs and Assistant Professor of Leadership
DESCRIPTION:
Issues in Leadership is a tutorial
seminar for SIS doctoral students, 800 and 700 level, and selected ThM
students, 600 level, with permission of professor. Students will critically
examine leadership theories for internal congruence, cross-cultural relevance
and biblical compatibility, as well as for applicability in mission contexts in
general, and the specific context of the student’s research. Potential topics
include (but are not limited to) leadership development, training models,
cross-cultural leadership, servant leadership, biblical perspectives on
leadership, issues of power, organizational leadership and management, change
dynamics, and women in leadership. Specific topics will be determined by the
program focus of students enrolled in the course.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Students will have a general grasp of leadership theories, particularly those related to their program focus
• Students will be able to articulate biblical perspectives on leadership theories
• Students will be able to critically enter the “debate” on leadership questions as they related to their program focus
• Students will develop an annotated bibliography that will guide future research in their doctoral program
COURSE FORMAT: The course will meet once
a week and will include some lectures, but primarily seminar discussions,
student presentations, and critiques.
REQUIRED READING: If you have previously read any of the required texts, please select an alternative text from the recommended reading list or a book approved by the instructor.
Banks, Robert, and Bernice M. Ledbetter, Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 2004.
Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
It is assumed that students will be
familiar with at least four of the following texts:
Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress. 1988.
De Pree, Max, Leadership Is an Art. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell. 1989.
Hesselbein, Frances, Marshall Goldsmith, and Richard Beckhard, eds. Leader of the Future, The Drucker Foundation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1996.
Hersey, Paul, Kenneth Blanchard, and Dewy Johnson, Management of Organizational Behavior, 7th ed (1996) or 8th ed (2000), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
OR
Hughes, Richard, Robert Ginnet, and Gordon Curphy, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience 4th ed, McGraw-Hill. 2003.
Kotter, John, Leading Change. Boston MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
Lingenfelter, Agents of Transformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. 1996.
Roberts, Randal, ed. Lessons in Leadership, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel. 1999.
Roembke, Building Credible Multi-Cultural Teams, Pasadena, CA: William Carey. 2000.
Vella, Jane, Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, Revised ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2002.
ADDITIONAL READING:
A reading log of approximately 4,000
pages of leadership books, some from a bibliography provided, and others related
to individual student projects. (Books will be read at the scan, browse,
ransack, read levels as appropriate.) This will be reflected in the annotated
bibliography.
ASSIGNMENTS:
• Final Project: Annotated bibliography of all books read, including brief summary of the text, and comments on applicability to student’s program focus. (A minimum of twenty-five percent of the entries will be from periodicals.)
• 9,000-10,000 paper (11,250-12,500 words) that includes:
Critique of a leadership theory (theories) applicable to student program focus
Articulation of the issues in the literature of areas of controversy and discussion related to their topic
Articulation of their potential contribution to the discussion in the literature
Direction for areas of research and study
PREREQUISITES: Doctoral students or Th.M. with permission of professor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Tutorial seminar.
FINAL EXAM: None.