George D. Parsons, Speed B. Leas

Understanding Your Congregation as a System (eBook, ePUB)

The Manual

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Parsons and Leas have created an important tool for congregational leaders in this application of systems theory to evaluating a congregation's life and readiness for change. Church leaders can explore the forces at work and examine the systemic implications in seven key areas: strategy, process, pastoral and lay leadership, authority, relatedness, and learning. The Manual provides an overview of systems theory, complete instructions for administering and scoring the Congregational Systems Inventory (CSI), and guidance for interpreting and explaining the inventory results using sample scores. The Congregational Systems Inventory is a survey designed to sample the perspectives of church staff, governing board, and key lay leaders. Be sure to order some packs of the CSI along with this valuable resource.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1994
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781566996877
• Artikelnr.: 41148767

Autorenporträt

By George D. Parsons and Speed B. Leas

Inhaltsangabe

I. Congregational Systems Inventory Introduction The Tyranny of Successful
Habits II. Congregations as Systems Systems Theory Axioms Seeing the Whole:
A Perceptual Shift for Congregational Leaders III. Creative Tension Beyond
Homeostasis Congregational Systems Inventory Measures Degree of Tension IV.
Systems Dimensions Introduction Strategy Authority Process Pastoral
Leadership Relatedness Lay Leadership Learning Conclusion V. Analyzing the
Profile Interpreting Scores Reading the Overall Profile Trouble-Shooting
Guide VI. Strategies for Reclaiming Tension Capitalizing on the
Environmental and Developmental Forces Becoming Conscious Keeping
Contention Alive Recontracting Disturbing the Equilibrium Training VII.
Moving Out of Excess: The Strategy Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at
the Planned End of the Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at the
Spontaneous End of the Scale VIII. Moving Out of Excess: The Authority
Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at the Concentrated End of the Scale
Strategies to Move from Excess at the Dispersed End of the Scale IX. Moving
Out of Excess: The Process Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at the
Mandatory End of the Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at the
Discretionary End of theScale X. Moving Out of Excess: The Leadership
Scales Strategies to Move from Excess at the Managerial End of the Scales
Strategies to Move from Excess at the Transformational End of the Scale XI.
Moving Out of Excess: The Relatedness Scale Strategies to Move from Excess
at the Collegial End of the Scale Strategies to Move from Excess at the
Individual End of the Scale XII. Moving Out of Excess: The Learning Scale
Strategies to Move from Excess at the Maximizing End of the Scale
Strategies to Move from Excess at the Metamizing End of the Scale XIll.
Profile Statistics Generalizations about Congregations Congregational Size
Theory and the CSI Data Appendix: Introducing the CSI: A Suggested Meeting
Design Notes Bibliography