I
am pleased to be teaching this course for the first time at Hartford Seminary.
I am a writer and speaker in the area of spirituality and work life and
have addressed numerous audiences across the U.S. including executive
development, religious groups and academics. I co-developed an MBA course at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst based upon the book, The
Wisdom of Solomon at Work: Virtues for Living and Leading Today. Two
of my co-authors, who are management professors, are among the guest speakers
for this course. I am looking forward to sharing my learning and experiences
from the many places being energized about spirituality and work life.
Course
Texts:
Jane
Henry, Creativity and Perception in
Management, Sage Publishers
October
2003 special issue on Faith at Work, Theology
Today (journal).
Charles
Manz, Karen Manz, Robert Marx, and Christopher Neck, The Wisdom of
Solomon
at Work: Ancient Virtues for Living and Leading Today,
Berrett-Koehler
Louie
Lariner, Ethical Virtuosity, HRD Press
Max
DePree, Leadership is an Art, Dell
Publishing
Ian
Mitroff, A Spiritual Audit of Corporate
America, Jossey-Bass Publishers
Objective
of the Course:
The
primary objective will be to learn how to better relate one’s spiritual values
with the demands of work—whether you are self-employed, work for a large or
small company or are in a
non-profit organization, volunteer your time or work at home.
Course
Requirements:
1.
Five 1-2 pp. reflection papers (5
points each) 25 points
2. 10-12 pp. paper based upon personal reflection papers
20 points
Due
March 31
3.
Class participation*
25 points
4.
5-page Case Study 30
points Due May 12
*Class
participation includes case analyses, group/team exercises and discussion.
Weekly Schedule of Topics
and Readings
Reading for
discussion:
JAN.
27
Introduction to Course
Creativity and Perception
How
do YOU define spirituality? In
Mgmt (CPM), chap. 1
FEB.
3
Spirituality in the Workplace Theology
Today pp. 293-407;
Reflection
paper #1 due
CPM, chap. 4
FEB. 10
What Do You Know?
The
Wisdom of Solomon;
Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Marx
CPM, chap. 5
Associate
Professor of Management,
University
of Massachusetts Amherst
Author
of The Wisdom of Solomon
Reflection
paper #2 due
FEB. 17
Working with Values and Virtues CPM, chap.
3;
Reflection
paper #3 due
Handouts
FEB. 24
Team Work
CPM,
chap. 6
Reflection
paper #4 due
MAR 3
Take this job and….
CPM,
chap. 2
Reflection
paper #5 due
MAR
10
Leadership
CPM,
chap. 7
Guest
Speaker: Dr. Charles Manz
Nirenberg
Professor of Leadership
University
of Massachusetts Amherst,
Author of The Leadership Wisdom of
Jesus: Practical Lessons for
Today
MAR
17
Ethics and You—and Them
Ethical
Virtuosity
MAR
24
BREAK—NO CLASS
MAR
31
A Case in Point CPM,
chap. 8;
PAPER DUE Business
Case Handout
APR
7
And the Moral of the Story is…. Leadership
is an Art
CPM,
chapters 9 & 10
APR
14
Virtues in Organizations: An
Oxymoron?
Guest
Speaker: Dr. Judith Neal,
Associate
Professor of Management at the University of New Haven
and
Executive Director for the Association of Spirit at Work,
www.spiritatwork.com
APR
21
The Challenges of Spirituality in
A
Spiritual
Audit Organizations of
Corporate America
APR 28
FINAL CLASS: Creativity, Collage,
and a Final Word
MAY 12
CASE STUDY DUE
