Pre-requisites

Nil

Co-requisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Summarise a range of frameworks and approaches to leadership and leadership functions as proposed by prominent theorists and schools of recent decades

• Describe their leadership tendencies, preferred styles, strengths and weaknesses

• Evaluate contemporary leadership theories, ideologies and models in the light of theological convictions about the marks of the church or its place in service of God’s redemptive purposes within society

• Apply various analytical tools diagnostically to the predicaments and challenges involved in leading and developing Christian organisations or churches

Unit Description

This unit introduces experienced practitioners to a range of the leading Western schools of thought regarding current leadership theory. The unit seeks to supply candidates with several frames of reference which can be then used to interpret typical leadership roles and predicaments.

In this unit the following issues will be addressed:

• Historical schools of thought on leadership and leading, basic concepts revisited
• The power frame: The nature of organisational politics power sources in leadership
• The intuitional frame: situational leadership and diagnosis
• The philosophical frame: servant leadership
• The physiological frame: emotional intelligence
• The psychodynamic frame: charisma and transformational leadership
• The postmodern frame: deconstructing leadership discourse and vested interests
• Effective team life and interpersonal dynamics
• Structuring organisations
• Ethics and governance models
• Spiritual discernment decision making
• Spirituality in the workplace and enhancing the human spirit
• Succession and the generation of oncoming leaders.

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Unit offerings

Face to face: Semester 1, 2025 (Every 2nd Year (Odd), Semester 1)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.