MIN404 Developing Dynamic Teams
Organizations are increasingly realizing the need for a team orientation, yet, despite the rhetoric, there remain significant cultural impediments to team development and maintenance. This course leads students in an application of group and team theory for recruiting, developing, mobilizing, and mending teams of employees and volunteers for maximum effectiveness.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Explain group development and dynamics in determining needs for building effective ministry teams.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of existing ministry teams in engaging group needs.
- Identify potential team members that align with organizational values and vision.
- Identify methods and tools for evaluation of skills, abilities, spiritual giftedness and personalities of team members.
- Design targeted personal ministry strategies and development plans for team members.
- Assess ministry environments for effectiveness in mobilizing dynamic ministry teams.
- Articulate various ministry team models along with their strengths and challenges relative to modern ministry environments.