ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYGraduate Credit Option for theRocky Mountain District Council Leadership Training SeminarMay 8, 2002PTHE 640 A TEAMWORK APPROACH TO EFFECTIVE MINISTRY(3 Credits)Randy C. Walls, D.Min. (cand.) Summer 2002CREDIT OPTION SYLLABUSDESCRIPTIONA directed studies approach to understand and design a team-based model for ministryleadership.OBJECTIVES1. To identify principles of team-based ministry from the Bible.2. To introduce the student to the kind of organizational culture that supports a teamworkapproach to ministry.3. To assist the student in developing a working model of team based ministry in his/herrespective ministry field.REQUIREMENTS1. Read 1000 pages from the selected bibliography. Prepare a reading report noting thenumber of pages read from each text.2. Write a eight to ten page reflection paper on the district council leadership-trainingseminar. Include the key elements from the seminar and reflect on whether you are/aren’tintegrating some or all of these leadership qualities and strategies in your currentministry.3. Write a 22-25 page paper demonstrating a strategy for implementing a team basedapproach to your current ministry. The paper should demonstrate an understanding of theBiblical principles involved in team-based ministry as well as the popular literature. Usethe Turabian 6th edition handbook for the style and format of the paper.Due Date: All course work must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2002.A $15 change of grade fee will be required of all participants who fail to turn in their workon the due date, even if an extension on submission is granted.PTHE 640 A Teamwork Approach to Effective MinistryR. WallsPage 2Submit all course work to:AGTSATTN: Randy Walls1435 N. Glenstone AvenueSpringfield, MO 65802EVALUATIONEach assignment will be weighted as follows in figuring the final course grade:Reading Report 30%Seminar reflection paper 25%Implementation strategy paper 45%BIBLIOGRAPHYBarna, George. The Power of Team Leadership: Achieving Success through SharedResponsibility. Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook Press, 2001.Blanchard, Kenneth H., Donald Carew, and Eunice Parisi-Carew. The One Minute ManagerBuilds High Performing Teams. Rev. Ed. New York, NY: William Morrow andCompany, 1991.Buchholz, Steve and Thomas Roth. Creating the High-Performance Team. New York: JohnWiley and Sons, 1987.Cladis, George. Leading the Team-Based Church. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999Cordeiro, Wayne. Doing Church as a Team. New Hope Publishing, 1998.Gilbert, Larry. Team Ministry. Church Growth VA.Guzzo, Richard A., Eduardo Salas, & Associates. Team Effectiveness and Decision Making inOrganizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.Hackman, J. Richard, ed. Groups that Work (and Those That Don’t). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.Holpp, Lawrence. Managing Teams. New York: McGraw-Hill,1999.PTHE 640 A Teamwork Approach to Effective MinistryR. WallsPage 3Katzenback, Jon R. and Douglas K. Smith. The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the HighPerformance Organization. HarperBusiness, 1994.__________. Teams at the Top: Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Individual Leaders.Harvard Business School, 1997.__________. The Discipline of Teams: A Mindbook-Workbook for Delivering Small GroupPerformance. New York, NY: Wiley, 2001.Lewis, Frank R. The Team Builder. Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board Southern BaptistConvention, 1998.MacMillan, Pat. The Performance Factor: Unlocking the Secrets of Teamwork. Nashville, TN:Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001.Maxwell, John C. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower YourTeam. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2001.__________. The 17 Essential Questions of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person EveryTeam Wants. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002.Mohrman, Susan Albers, et al. Designing and Leading Team-Based Organizations: A Workbookfor Organizational Self-Design. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.Nadler, David A., Janet L. Spence, the Delta Consulting Group. Executive Teams. San Francisco:Jossey-Bass, 1998.Parker, Glenn M. Team Players and Teamwork: The New Competitive Business Strategy. 1st ed.San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.Quick, Thomas L. Successful Team Building. The Worksmart Series. New York, NY:AMACOM American Management Association, 1992.Robbins, Harvey, and Michael Finley. The New Why Teams Don’t Work: What Goes Wrong andHow to Make It Right. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000.Schey, Stephen L., and Walther P. Kallestad. Team Ministry: A Workbook for Getting ThingsDone. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996.Sherriton, Jacalyn Carol, and James L. Stern. Corporate Culture, Team Culture: Removing theHidden Barriers to Team Success. New York, NY: American Management Association,1996.PTHE 640 A Teamwork Approach to Effective MinistryR. WallsPage 4Wellins, Richard S., William C. Byham & George R. Dixon. Empowered Teams: Creating Self-Directed Work Groups That Improve Quality, Productivity, and Participation. SanFrancisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.__________. Inside Teams: How 20 World-Class Organizations Are Winning through Teamwork.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.SPECIFIC DATASyllabus prepared by Randy C. Walls, May,