6 courses with the subject OL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
OL 703Transformational Leadership in Organizations3
This colloquium considers theories of leadership, especially transactional and transformational leadership, in relationships, as well as moral and theological bases of leadership.
Research theory-based methods for guiding and facilitating personal, professional, and spiritual growth of individuals and teams. Strengthen leadership skills in mentoring and coaching to empower, encourage, and motivate others.
Students will explore issues, standards, and tensions within professional ethics, personal morals, social structures, and government. Students will also evaluate ethical issues unique to or shared among professions, including the student’s profession. Finally, students will analyze the relationship and tensions among personal morals, belief systems, professional ethics, and the structures, norms, and laws of an individual's own society.
This course explores the structural and ideological forces that drive societal transformation. Students analyze Classical Theories, debating whether change should be an incremental, functionalist adaptation or a revolutionary, conflict-driven break, and analyze Contemporary Theories to determine whether modern movements prioritize material social dominance or the quest for cultural recognition. Using the frameworks of Durkheim, Weber, and Marx, the course investigates Religion as a multi-dimensional force: acting alternately as a conservative restraint, a revolutionary driver, or a latent catalyst for change. The course also i
Explores the theory and practice of “gracism” as defined by David Anderson (Gracism: The art of inclusion, 2007), and prepares professionals to implement gracism to transform organizations, churches, and communities toward racial, cultural, and socioeconomic inclusiveness. As a Christian alternative to secular models of affirmative action or colorblindness, gracism is an opportunity to extend God's grace to people of all backgrounds. Students research the needs of a particular organization and develop a plan for implementing gracism accordingly.