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Understanding Your Congregation as a System
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Artikel-Nr:
9781566996877
Veröffentl:
1994
Seiten:
142
Autor:
George D. Parsons
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
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.
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
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