CMIN 6173 - Strategic Planning and Organizational Change

3 credits

This course will examine the strategic planning process for redefining the shape of a missional organization in a pluralistic society. It will focus on ministry analysis, values discovery, mission, vision, and strategy development, ministry contingencies and evaluation. Students will explore the leader’s role in organizational change - creating and preventing change as well as determining the organization’s readiness for change. In addition, students explore the reasons for resistance to change and strategies for coping with resistance.