PC080-812 - Leadership in Global Contexts

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC743-4.

PC071-7/8/912

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, leadership for ministry and mission in a globalised context

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the impact of global contexts on the understanding and practice of ministry and missional leadership

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in devising and implementing ministry and missional leadership strategies for global contexts

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on leadership for ministry and mission in a globalised context

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Leadership in Global Contexts’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  • Biblical and theological critique of the phenomenon of globalisation, its causes and its consequences, particularly its consequences for contemporary understandings and practices of Christian leadership.
  • Biblical and theological reflection and critique of service, ministry, leadership, appointment, preparation, gifting, and the notion of apostolic function and authority.
  • Identifying and evaluating the multiple leadership styles (western, Confucian, tribal, and indigenous) encountered in globalised contexts, and the complexities each of these adds to the selection, training, credibility, authority, age and tenure of Christian leaders in globalised and missional contexts.
  • A critical understanding of the impact that leadership in globalised contexts has upon, for example, the related Christian practices of discipleship, mentoring, apprenticeship, schooling, education, and service.
  • Identifying and developing an appropriately self-critical, theologically-informed, culturally sensitive, personal and organisational leadership style for ministry and mission in a globalised context.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Recommended:

Banks, R., and Ledbetter, R., Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches, 2nd Ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2016).

Bradley, A.B., Aliens in the Promised Land: Why Minority Leadership is overlooked in White Christian Churches and Institutions (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2013)

Chhokar, J.S., Brodbeck, F.C., House, Robert J., eds., Culture and Leadership across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2008)

Elmer, D. Cross Cultural Servanthood (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006).

Hibbert, R. and Hibbert, E., Leading Multicultural Teams (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2014)

Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G.J., and Minkov, M., Cultures and organizations: Software of the Mind (New York: McGraw Hill, 2010)

House, R., et al, eds., Strategic Leadership Across Cultures: GLOBE Study of CEO Leadership Behavior and Effectiveness in 24 Countries (London: SAGE, 2014)

Lewis, R., When cultures collide: Managing successfully across cultures (London: Nicholas Brealey International, 2006)

Lingenfelter, S., Leading cross-culturally: Covenant relationships for effective Christian leadership (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2008)

Livermore, R., Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Your Multicultural World (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2009)

Mendenhall, M.E., Global Leadership: Research, Practice and Development (London: Routledge, 2008)

Northouse, P.G., Leadership: Theory and Practice, 8th Edition (London: SAGE, 2018)

Roxburgh, A., The Missional Leader: Equipping your Church to Reach a Changing World (San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2006)

Trompenaars, F., Servant Leadership Across Cultures (New York: McGraw Hill, 2010)