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Business Stakeholder Trends As Kingdom Opportunities In A Secularizing World, Timothy Veach
Business Stakeholder Trends As Kingdom Opportunities In A Secularizing World, Timothy Veach
Faculty Publications - College of Business
“Business as mission” (BAM) has emerged as a classification of business-driven holistic mission applying a Christ-centered, multiple-bottom-line model. Secular developments in business activity often respond to stakeholder trends. Literature in Christian ministry, however, designates the secularizing age as a challenge to evangelical missions. This paper identifies needs in holistic missions in which BAM activity can take advantage of business stakeholder trends to better serve the purposes of mission activity, creating Kingdom opportunities.
Organizational And Leadership Implications For Transformational Development, John Gorlorwulu, Tim Rahschulte
Organizational And Leadership Implications For Transformational Development, John Gorlorwulu, Tim Rahschulte
Faculty Publications - College of Business
Transformational development is a concept of change that originated in the Christian context but has now become generally used in the work of both secular and faith-based organizations. The growing use of the concept by organizations that are fundamentally different has naturally led to some confusion about what the concept means and what it takes to effectively implement it. In this article, we describe the key features of the concept and how they are important in determining the organizational requirements for its effective implementation. Drawing on a few cases, the paper highlights the centrality of faith in transformational development work.