| Course | BUSI 502 Servant Leadership (BUSI502) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MBA |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 7 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 502 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 502 covers
Blanchard, Hodges and Hendry's Lead Like Jesus Revisited and Blanchard and Hodges's The Servant Leader are read alongside assigned Bible passages and presentations, with two chapters of Collins's Good to Great in Module/Week 7 and three open-book exams of 25 questions.
Group forums assign each member a question to answer in 350 to 400 words, and each group also compiles biblical criteria for servant leadership for its Biblical Integration paper. The Leadership Research Paper requires an interview with a servant leader of a large organization, excluding Liberty University and Thomas Road Baptist Church, and at least 15 outside scholarly sources.
This course examines the concept of servant leadership from the perspective of leadership theory and applied biblical integration. The course will impart the philosophy of servant leadership.
BUSI 502 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Group Discussion Board Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due) | 50 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Group Discussion Board Forum 2 | 50 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Biblical Integration Project: Individual Paper (Exam 1 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Biblical Integration Project: Group Paper | 100 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Servant Leadership Journal entries (Exam 2 also due) | Read the Week 5 sample | |
| Week 6 | Group Discussion Board Forum 3 | 50 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Leadership Research Paper | 300 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Servant Leadership Journal (Exam 3 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 502 papers lose points
BUSI 502 work loses points when forum answers stray outside their word bands or answer a different question than the one assigned, when integration papers cite Scripture without the course readings and presentations, when the research paper summarizes an interview without testing it against research, and when journal entries are written all at once at the end.
Using a BUSI 502 sample well
The samples draw on research about servant leadership's definition and measurement, its effects on followers' performance and helping, serving cultures in restaurants, chief executives' servant leadership and firm performance, comparisons with transformational and ethical leadership, humility in leaders, and Level 5 leadership, with the course texts and Scripture.
BUSI 502 questions, answered
What is the BUSI 502 Leadership Research Paper?
A 300-point paper of 7 to 10 pages in Module/Week 7, built on an interview with a servant leader of a large organization and at least 15 outside scholarly sources plus the required reading.
What is the BUSI 502 Biblical Integration Project?
A two-stage assignment: a 750-word individual paper in Module/Week 3, then a 2,000- to 2,400-word group assessment of servant leadership from a biblical perspective in Module/Week 4.
What textbooks does BUSI 502 use?
Blanchard, Hodges and Hendry's Lead Like Jesus Revisited, Blanchard and Hodges's The Servant Leader and two chapters of Collins's Good to Great, with assigned Bible readings each week.
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