ORG603: Leadership in Diverse and Under-Resourced Communities

Course Description

This course covers traditional Christian leadership development theory as well as providing a survey of theories on leadership. The first part of the course focuses on life reflection within a Christian context in order to develop a philosophy of ministry. The last part of this course focuses on how to lead effectively in organizations serving in diverse and under-resourced communities and to develop strategies to improve the representation of women and people of color in leadership.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Reflect on your leadership journey according to traditional Christian leadership development theory.
2. Create a philosophy of ministry and leadership integrating personal experience with key concepts from this course.
3. Construct a leadership toolkit for new supervisors in an organization by applying leadership theories.
4. Develop a plan for expanding your own cross-cultural leadership ability.
5. Use systems thinking to develop a plan that includes personal, physical, cultural and organizational aspects of your own leadership development.
6. Design a plan for an organization to increase the representation of women and people of color in leadership.

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Course Materials & Tuition