A . Good organization demands that an individual should only be respon sible to one person above him. Any other arrangement can only bring confusion. One leader may be re sponsible for a group under him but he is only responsible in turn to one person. Q. How can a leader supervise those who are under his authority? A . First, there must be a mutual feeling of good will, respect, and authority. This respect must be de veloped! Then the leader should give every worker the opportunity to sit down with him and discuss his work. This can be a very wonderful min istry— i.e., the working with and building up of another individual. Q. How should problems and dis agreements be handled? A . They should be handled definite ly and questions should be answered. Large church problems begin usual ly as small, individual rumblings. If those with questions will ask them and if definite answers are given, many of these church problems could be avoided. Q. How should a change in a work er’s duties, responsibilities, or au thority be handled? A . The leader who makes the change should see to it that all concerned should understand the new procedure or arrangement. This announcement of the change should be made before it is to occur. If the General Superintendent of the Sunday school asks the depart mental superintendents to beg in evaluating the teacher’s work in the classroom (a good idea!) the teach ers should be made aware of this before it happens. Q. What is done with the leader who questions a church policy? A . The policy is reviewed and then retained or changed. Then the lead er’s relationship to it is reviewed and settled. Example — car wash by young people to raise money. Q. Hoiv should disciplinary action be carried out? A . Since we are not dealing with perfect people, c o r r e c tiv e action sometimes becomes necessary. Gala tians 6:1 describes how this should be carried out. The leader must not be vindictive and should be led by the Spirit in his action.
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P R I N C I P L E S O F M A N A G E M E N T Management is getting things done through other people. Q. How should leaders and commit tee members be chosen? A . They should be chosen on the basis on the contribution they can make to the work of the church. For example, the best way to form a board or cojnmittee of Christian Education, is to have it made up of the key leaders, i.e., S.S. Superin tendent, Training Hour director, Club leaders, etc. Q. How can a leader get his follow ers to accept his authority? A . Lawrence A. Appley, President of the American Management Asso ciation, said that “ authority comes from those who work for you, not from those for whom you work.” The source of this authority is con fidence and respect. The leaders should seek with God’s help to gain this confidence and respect. The more confidence the leader places in his followers, the greater the authority will be granted him by the followers. Q. What determines the boundaries of the leader's authority? A . A leader must recognize that he cannot do his task in any manner he wishes. He should set up a plan of operation and this should be agreed upon by those concerned. A S.S. Superintendent should not come into office and immediately make major changes in schedule, classes, teachers, etc. He is only courting trouble ! A job description clearly de fined will help prevent many of these problems. Q. Each leader should be responsible to how many people?
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