Assignment title: Information
Period 1: Study
Include materials to be read, listened to, or viewed here.
• Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. 2008. The Leadership Challenge, 4th ed. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishing. ISBN: 9780787984922
• Nash, Ronald H. 1992. Worldviews in conflict. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
(Chapters 1, 2, 3) (72 pages)
• The following document includes a summary of person fit and organizational strategy
(6 pages): Werbel, James, and Samuel M. Demarie. 2001. Aligning strategic human
resource management and person-environment fit: A strategic contingency perspective.
Academy of Management Proceedings 2001 HR: G6. Download here: Aligning Strategic
Human Resource Management and Prsn_fit: Kristof, Amy L. 1996. Person-organization
fit: An integrative review of its conceptualizations, measurement, and implications.
Personnel Psychology 49, no. 1, 1-48. (8 pages) [Read just the first eight pages to
understand person fit concepts.]
• Kristof-Brown, Amy L., Ryan D. Zimmerman, and Erin C. Johnson. 2005, Summer.
Consequences of individuals'' fit at work: A meta-analysis of person–job,
person–organization, person–group, and person–supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology
58, no. 2: 281-342. (32 pages) [Read 281-294, 315-327 to become familiar with the
concepts.]
• Lisa Benton (A). Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press. Case Study 9-494- 114. (14
pages) Download here: Lisa_Benton_Case.pdf.
REQUIREMENTS
Required 1;
Forum 1 –
1. Discuss how a leader with a Christian biblical worldview selects followers and shapes
organizational culture to influence how individuals fit into their jobs and the
organization.
2. What implications does this have for team building in an organization?