01880nam a22002417a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026020002500067040001300092041000800105082002000113100003300133245012600166260009400292300003400386490003200420500005100452505050600503520056201009650002901571650002501600651001301625AU-EpEBC20201102232039.0190619s2018        ||||r ||| 001 0 eng d  a9780801099656 (pbk.)  cAu-EpEBC  aeng  221aKOR/261/MCC1 aMcConnell, Douglasd[1951- ]  aCultural insights for Christian leaders : new directions for organizations serving God's mission /​ cDouglas McConnell  aGrand Rapids, Michigan :  bBaker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group,cc2018.  axviii, b200 pages ; c23 cm.  aMission in global community  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThinking missiologically: implications for leadership and organizations -- Culture and human nature: the complex unity of human organizations -- Caring about members and others as people: notions of self and others -- Learning culture naturally: imitation and rituals -- Authority and culture: whom do you trust? -- Intercultural realities: four worlds of Christian organizations -- Leading in context: cultural influence and intercultural leadership -- Responding missionally: learning into practice.  aThis volume helps leaders and leaders-in-training become students of culture who can then contextualize what they learn for their own organizational settings. Douglas McConnell, a respected leader in the worlds of missiology and higher education, enables readers to understand intercultural dynamics so they can shape their organizational cultures and lead their organizations in a missional direction. This is the latest volume in an award-winning series emphasizing mission as partnership with Christians around the globe. -- From publisher's description.  aChristianity and culture  aChristian leadership  aMissions