Sample For Effective Action Paper
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Liberty University
HOW GOD ORGANIZES PEOPLE FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION
Submitted to Dr. Allan England in partial completion of course requirements for DSMN 500 ± Discipleship Ministries
Elke Speliopoulos Downingtown, PA June 19, 2011
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 God Creates and Uses a Specific Environment to Accomplish His Will ...................................... 1 God¶s Example in Numbers 1-5 .................................................................................................. 2 The Concept of Father¶s Household or Family Continues into the NT ......................................... …show more content…
In the pages of Scripture are rich examples of instructions given to the Israelites, in particular during the time of the Exodus from Egypt to the Holy Land. Moving approximately 2 million people, if the text is read literally, is a huge logistical undertaking and certainly not a task for the fainthearted, and God ensured that Moses and the tribal leaders of the Israelites were properly equipped to safely guide the people under His supreme leadership. Likewise, leaders today can leverage the principles expressed in Scripture as they formulate plans for ministries or Christian education. As will be seen, God¶s original model of family is still applicable in Christian ministry and education today. God Creates and Uses a Specific Environment to Accomplish His Will In her book The Epic of Eden, Sandra Richter introduces Old Testament students to the concept of the basic household unit within Israelite society, ³the µfather¶s house(hold)¶, in Hebrew the bêt¶äb.´ She describes this as an ³extended family´, which would include ³the patriarch of the family, his wife(s), his unwed children and his married sons with their wives and children.´1 Within this construct, there was physical, economic and legal protection. Families thrived and grew under these conditions, which may be one reason the …show more content…
For this reason, job design is an antecedent of actual knowledge-sharing behaviors in organizations. Job design may therefore be an important design variable for firms that want to benefit from employees¶ sharing of relevant knowledge.8 Foss et al. further note that there are two types of motivation, external and internal. An individual may engage in an activity ³to attain a positive or to avoid a negative external outcome´. The same individual, however, would engage in an activity ³because it is in accord with the individual¶s intrinsic interest and personal values´ and will even enjoy doing this specific activity.9 All this, according to their research, can be guided by a well thought-through job design. Indartono, Chiou and Chen investigated how personal job fit and servant leadership stand in relationship to job design and performance. They found that a ³worker 's belief
HOW GOD ORGANIZES PEOPLE FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION
Submitted to Dr. Allan England in partial completion of course requirements for DSMN 500 ± Discipleship Ministries
Elke Speliopoulos Downingtown, PA June 19, 2011
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 God Creates and Uses a Specific Environment to Accomplish His Will ...................................... 1 God¶s Example in Numbers 1-5 .................................................................................................. 2 The Concept of Father¶s Household or Family Continues into the NT ......................................... …show more content…
In the pages of Scripture are rich examples of instructions given to the Israelites, in particular during the time of the Exodus from Egypt to the Holy Land. Moving approximately 2 million people, if the text is read literally, is a huge logistical undertaking and certainly not a task for the fainthearted, and God ensured that Moses and the tribal leaders of the Israelites were properly equipped to safely guide the people under His supreme leadership. Likewise, leaders today can leverage the principles expressed in Scripture as they formulate plans for ministries or Christian education. As will be seen, God¶s original model of family is still applicable in Christian ministry and education today. God Creates and Uses a Specific Environment to Accomplish His Will In her book The Epic of Eden, Sandra Richter introduces Old Testament students to the concept of the basic household unit within Israelite society, ³the µfather¶s house(hold)¶, in Hebrew the bêt¶äb.´ She describes this as an ³extended family´, which would include ³the patriarch of the family, his wife(s), his unwed children and his married sons with their wives and children.´1 Within this construct, there was physical, economic and legal protection. Families thrived and grew under these conditions, which may be one reason the …show more content…
For this reason, job design is an antecedent of actual knowledge-sharing behaviors in organizations. Job design may therefore be an important design variable for firms that want to benefit from employees¶ sharing of relevant knowledge.8 Foss et al. further note that there are two types of motivation, external and internal. An individual may engage in an activity ³to attain a positive or to avoid a negative external outcome´. The same individual, however, would engage in an activity ³because it is in accord with the individual¶s intrinsic interest and personal values´ and will even enjoy doing this specific activity.9 All this, according to their research, can be guided by a well thought-through job design. Indartono, Chiou and Chen investigated how personal job fit and servant leadership stand in relationship to job design and performance. They found that a ³worker 's belief