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Organizational Leadership - Foundations and Practices for Christians

Organizational Leadership - Foundations and Practices for Christians

Author: Jack Burns John R. Shoup Donald C. Simmons Jr.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication Date: 15 Jun 2014
ISBN-13: 9780830840502
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Description


Kingdom leadership does not begin and end at the church door. Christians are called to conduct leadership in government, commerce, schools, neighborhoods, families, para-church ministries and a myriad other contexts. God has given us many gifts, and our responsibility is to be stewards of those gifts, and use them to do the King?s work.
In that context, this comprehensive text explores key facets of leadership from a Christian worldview so as to equip people to conduct leadership more authentically than would be possible under alternative paradigms. The book begins with the seldom considered theological foundations of leadership while also tracing the historic roots of management, organization and leadership theories. All of this leads to a robust discussion of five essential challenges and practices--communication, negotiation, decision-making, financial stewardship and personal development.
The combined efforts of these experts in the field provide a practical theology of leadership from a Christian worldview for emerging and established leaders. Here is the foundation needed for those who want to conduct leadership in a manner consistent with their faith in both religious and nonreligious organizational contexts.


Table of Contents


Preface

Section 1: Theological Foundations for Christian Leadership

Chapter 1: Called to Lead: How do I Know?
Timothy G. Dolan

Chapter 2: Leadership in the Context of a Christian Worldview
Gayne J. Anacker and John R. Shoup

Chapter 3: Towards a Biblical Theology of Leadership
Rick Langer

Section 2: Theoretical Foundations for Christian Leadership

Chapter 4: The Leadership River: Historical Currents of Management and Leadership Theory
John S. (Jack) Burns

Chapter 5: The Sea of Complexity: Emerging Understandings of Management, Leadership, and Organizations
John S. (Jack) Burns

Section 3: Key Skills and Practices in Christian Leadership

Chapter 6: A Christian Context for Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
Ronald K. Pyle

Chapter 7: Conflict and Negotiation
John S. (Jack) Burns

Chapter 8: Decision-Making Theory, Strategies and Skills
John R. Shoup, Chris McHorney

Chapter 9: Christian Leadership and Financial Integrity: Temptation, Transformation and Transparency
R. Scott Rodin

Chapter 10: Sustaining the Leader
Timothy G. Dolan

PostScript
Contributors


Author Description


John S. (Jack) Burns (PhD, Washington State) is professor of leadership at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. John R. Shoup (PhD, University of California, Riverside) serves as the dean of the School of Education at California Baptist University in Riverside, California. Donald C. Simmons Jr. (PhD, University of Denver) is the founding director of the McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service at Dakota Wesleyan University. He is the department chair and professor of public service and leadership at DWU.






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