Code
DP9724W
Level
Postgraduate
Discipline
Theology: Mission and Ministry
Field
Pastoral Theology and Ministry (DP)
Prerequisites
This unit builds on foundational units within the NAIITS Indigenous learning program. Students will have completed at least DA8002W Indigenous Practical Theology Symposium and CT8102W Introduction to Theology – Indigenous.
Online
Yes
Location
On NAIITS international learning platform view location >
Faculty
Terry LeBlanc, with NAIITS faculty
Class Time
Combination of Synchronous online mode via Zoom and additional asynchronous component
(Three hours per week equivalent)
(Three hours per week equivalent)
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the development of leadership and organizational philosophy, theory and practices, and the relationship between each;
- Apply insights from leadership and organizational philosophy to leadership practice;
- Analyse the differences in approach between western and Indigenous ways of leadership with reference to diverse ways of knowing and being;
- Review cases of successful and unsuccessful leadership in the light of theory and literature;
- Adapt successful leadership models and promising practices to plan for leadership in particular contexts.
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Assessment
- Critical Review (1,000 words) (20%)
- Oral Presentation (1,000 words) (20%)
- Report (1,000 words) (20%)
- Essay (4,000 words) (40%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Boleman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass., 2008
- Fullan, M. Leading in a Culture of Change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2007.
- Havea, Jione, ed. Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology: Cross-cultural Engagement. Springer, 2014.
- Hunt, Janet, Diane Smith, Stephanie Garling, and Will Sanders, eds. Contested governance: culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia. Vol. 29. ANU E Press, 2008.
- Jenkins, Philip. The next Christendom: The coming of global Christianity. OUP USA, 2011.
- Kenny, Carolyn, and Tina Ngaroimata Fraser, eds. Living Indigenous leadership: Native narratives on building strong communities. UBC Press, 2012.
- Kwok, Pui-lan, ed. Hope abundant: Third world and indigenous women’s theology. Orbis Books, 2010.
- Northouse, P. G. Leadership: Theory and Practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2015.
- Voyageur, C., Brearley, L., & Calliou, B. (Eds.) (2nd ed.). Restorying Indigenous Leadership: Wise Practices in Community Development. Banff, AB: Banff Centre Press, 2015.
- Miller, J. R. Skyscrapers hide the heavens: A history of Indian-white relations in Canada (3rd ed). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.