A compendium of every aspect of social welfare management and the ultimate reference book, this volume: introduces the field of social welfare management; examines the organizational background of social welfare; discusses the various tasks and roles of the social welfare manager; and considers specific fields of care such as mental health, families and children, and older people.
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Höhe: 232 mm
Breite: 187 mm
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978-0-7619-1470-9 (9780761914709)
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PART ONE: WHAT IS SOCIAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT? MAPPING THE FIELD OF PRACTICE
The Landscape of Social Welfare Management - Rino J Patti
Social Work and Social Welfare Administration - David M Austin
A Historical Perspective
The Environmental Context of Social Welfare Administration - Lawrence L Martin
Administrative Ethics - Frederick G Reamer
PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS
Social Welfare Administration and Organizational Theory - Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Structural and Fiscal Characteristics of Social Service Agencies - Margaret Gibelman
Hillel Schmid
Agency-Environment Relations
Understanding Task Environments
Organizational Structure and Performance - David F Gillespie
Motivating Work Performance in Social Services - Diane Vinokur-Kaplan and Daniel Bogin
Organizational Climate and Culture - Charles Glisson
The Individual in the Organization - Gary F Koeske and Randi Koeske
The Impact of Human Service Workers' Attributes on Job Response
PART THREE: DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT: ISSUES, FUNCTIONS AND TASKS
What Managers Do and Why They Do It - David Menefee
Managing for Service Outcomes - John Poertner
The Critical Role of Information
Interorganizational Collaboration in the Task Environment - Catherine Foster Alter
The Manager as Leader - David Bargal
Managing Information for Decision Making - Dick Schoech
Managing the Planning Process - Michael J Austin and Jeffrey R Solomon
Manager as Resource Developer - Phillip McCallion
Financial Management - Mark Ezell
Managing Personnel - Peter J Pecora and Michael Wagner
Managing for Diversity and Empowerment in Social Services - Alfreda P Iglehart
Initiating and Implementing Change - Felice Davidson Perlmutter
PART FOUR: MANAGING IN FIELDS OF SERVICE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Points of Tension - Barbara J Friesen
Mental Health Administration in a Managed Care Environment
Services for Families and Children - Marie Weil
The Changing Context and New Challenges
Health Care and Social Work - Andrew Weissman and Gary Rosenberg
Dilemmas and Opportunities
Aging - Katherine H Wilber
