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Leadership

2013

George Fox University

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The Role Of Spiritual Formation And Ministry Governance In Developing Mission-Oriented Governing Boards, Allen Schoonover Oct 2013

The Role Of Spiritual Formation And Ministry Governance In Developing Mission-Oriented Governing Boards, Allen Schoonover

Doctor of Ministry

Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have struggled over the last generation to reach out effectively to new members. This struggle is the byproduct of a changing ministry context leaders are trying to address. By the 1980s, those elements that had fueled the growth of the Lutheran Church the United States throughout the previous century had largely faded. An awareness of these changes and the corresponding decline in membership and contributions has prompted leaders to examine how to reach out more effectively to those outside traditional ethnic and cultural Lutheran enclaves. In order to improve their congregation’s effectiveness, …


An Exploratory Study Of The Role Of Values In Microeconomic Decision-Making And The Implications For Organizations And Leaders, Holly A. Bell Jan 2013

An Exploratory Study Of The Role Of Values In Microeconomic Decision-Making And The Implications For Organizations And Leaders, Holly A. Bell

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

This research is designed to test the role reflecting on and sharing values plays in our individual decision-making schemas in a group. The research is based on evidence from the literature that values play a role in economic decision-making, can be formed and utilized either consciously or unconsciously, and impact microeconomic decision-making and ethics in organizations. The study found that when decision considerations were reframed in a values context the decision-making process became more quasi-rational, but the decisions participants made were as good or better than they were before values were introduced. In some cases decision-makers became less interested in …


Does The Presence Or Absence Of Virtues Define The Character Of A Leader And Impact Performance?, Glenn A. Williams Jan 2013

Does The Presence Or Absence Of Virtues Define The Character Of A Leader And Impact Performance?, Glenn A. Williams

Doctor of Ministry

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