We&#039;ve Never Done It Like This Before

C. Jeff Woods

doi:10.5771/9781566996921

Summary

Clergy and laity will discover ways to lead the church that just may be more effective than the "top-down" leadership model we're all so familiar with. Woods takes a clever and very effective approach by presenting educational material in a fictional context--you're drawn into the stories of church members struggling with leadership or motivational dilemmas which you will recognize immediately (such as the boring Sunday School teacher, the adversarial church member, the nostalgia for "the good old days"). Ten chapters explore ten different theories of organizational behaviour and management, and each chapter provides guidelines for small group training.

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Copyright year: 1994
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-124-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-692-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 98
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
3. INTRODUCTION No access
CHAPTER I: The GAS Theory: Looking for Complete Solutions No access Pages 1 - 11
CHAPTER II: The Loop Theory: Learning to Break or Enhance a Cycle No access Pages 12 - 20
CHAPTER III: The Pareto Principle: Leading a Few to Lead Others No access Pages 21 - 29
CHAPTER IV: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Discovering the Gifts of All No access Pages 30 - 39
CHAPTER V: The Coupling Theory: Enhancing Stability and Creativity No access Pages 40 - 49
CHAPTER VI: Plank's Constant: God Is at Work in the World No access Pages 50 - 59
CHAPTER VII: Goals or Constraints: Why Do You Come to Church? No access Pages 60 - 67
CHAPTER VIII: Retrospective Rationality: Were There Ever Any Bad Old Days? No access Pages 68 - 74
CHAPTER IX: Antagonists: How to Keep One from Destroying a Church No access Pages 75 - 82
CHAPTER X: Means and Ends: Adding Two More Factors to Get the Job Done No access Pages 83 - 90
NOTES No access Pages 91 - 94
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 95 - 98