Reference no: EM133724495
Assignment:
Bolman and Deal see an organization through four frames: structural, human resources, politics, and symbols. Imagine that you are the lead pastor/church planter/minister or the CEO of a nonprofit who is responsible for fulfilling your ministry through the administration and empowerment of a team. Discuss a job description, using Bolman and Deal's model, but stay in touch with Paul's vision of God's administration. In other words, build a job description that is theologically driven.
1. Name of the Role
- description of the role
- relationship to the whole system
- theological understandings
2. How would you structure the people and work in the organization or team?
3. In terms of human resources, how would you ensure that the people with the right gifts are in the right places?
4. What politics would have to be managed if you are to be successful in your role?
5. What "symbols" or "values" does the organization organize its common life around? In churches and Christian non-profits, symbols are often deeply tied to theological commitments.
Be sure to engage the biblical materials you encountered this week (and throughout the course to this point) as you think about administration in the life of the church or in ministry.
Reference:
Biblical Texts:
2 Corinthians 8-9;
Ephesians 3:1-13, 4:1-16
1 Timothy and Titus
Romans 15:23-33; 16:1-16
Apostle of the Crucified Lord, Gorman, M. J. (2017). Apostle of the crucified Lord: A theological introduction to Paul and his letters. Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing.
Chapter: Section on 2 Corinthians 8-9 in "2 Corinthians" (pp. 371-375)
Chapter: "1 Timothy" (pp. 632-351)
Chapter: "Titus" (pp. 652-359)