ML530/630:
Lifelong Development (4 units)
J.
Robert Clinton, Professor of Leadership
Spring 2007 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: 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.
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 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 tenth week.
4. Th.M. Students: Presentation in small group from biographical case study.
PLEASE NOTE, Computer/Email
Ability Important: In this class, students will be expected to handle emails to and from
the Professor and graders. Such emails will have attachments as Word or PDF
documents. All grading will be electronically done by Professor and graders and
sent back to the student. You will be expected to be familiar with reading and
using PDF documents. You will be expected to be able to use MEMORY sticks with
USB ports as information will often be passed around in class. We welcome
lap-tops in class, but they are not required. We will have optional sessions or assign mentors to help students get
up to speed on these skills. On day 1, CDs will be passed out to the class
with all the basic inputs and PowerPoints for the quarter on it. Frequent
emails are sent to the class updating them on various items.
PREREQUISITES: Students must
have at least three years of ministry experience or equivalent. No auditing.
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM: Core course for MA in Intercultural Studies program.
FINAL
EXAM: No written examination. Final class day students share orally the results
of the class on their lives.