Human Services as Complex Organizations
Author: Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 1217
ISBN-13: 1412956935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition looks at the many recent changes in the arena of Human Sevices Organizations.
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Managing the Challenges in Human Service Organizations
Author: Michael J. Austin
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 141294127X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe novel approach of this casebook encourages the student to determine how they would act and work towards a resolution of real-world dilemmas.
Organizational Change in the Human Services
Author: Rebecca Ann Proehl
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2001-08-15
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780761922506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganizations today { whether public or private { exist in environment s where the pace of change is dizzying. Human service organizations fa ce both external and internal challenges: The public demands better se rvices at more reasonable costs. Clientele is more diverse, more strat ified, and more vocal than ever. The organizations themselves must kee p up with rapid changes in technological innovation and labor-manageme nt relationships. Organizational Change: The Human Services Challenge looks at the context of organizational change, describes how individua ls and systems change, and pinpoints keys to successful change. Author Rebecca Proehl then presents a proven model of organizational change, built on lessons learned from both the public and private sectors, bu t tailored for human service organizations. Proehl also discusses in d epth labor union-management issues, the political strategies leaders m ust use to implement change, and how to build collaborative relationsh ips in human services.
Changing Human Service Organizations
Author: George Brager
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2002-02
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0743237854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Simon & Schuster, Changing Human Service Organizations is George Brager and Stephen Holloway's exploration of politics and practice. Changing Human Service Organizations is concerned with the process of planned change with human service organizations. It's focus is on innovation initiated by staff at the lower and middle levels of hierarchy of the organization they wish to alter.
Organization Practice
Author: Mary Katherine O'Connor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-01-28
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 0470495537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman service organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that their programs work. Organization Practice, Second Edition helps students and professionals in human services and nonprofit management understand complex behaviors in organizations. This new edition provides a new, practical model for understanding cultural identities within organizations. Also, it is significantly revised to include numerous real-world cases, critical thinking questions, empirical support, and engaging exercises. Social workers, as well as public health and nonprofit administrators will benefit from the insights in this book.
Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations
Author: Ralph Brody
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2013-11-21
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1483314979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its Fourth Edition, Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations continues to provide invaluable creative ideas for achieving managerial success. Authors Ralph Brody and Murali Nair dissect and diagnose common workplace dilemmas, offering current and future managers the skills to implement positive changes in organizations large and small. Easy-to-read, this book connects a conceptual framework and essential managerial practices with hundreds of real-life examples and case studies of applied managerial skills in organizational settings.
Excellence in Human Service Organization Management
Author: Peter M. Kettner
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780205088157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn integrated model for management and administrative practice. Excellence in Human Service Organization Management, 2/e provides guidelines to insure internal consistency within Human Service Organizations. Integrated in management theory, the model presented in the text is adapted to human service organizations generally and social work issues specifically. The text first identifies problems in organizational functioning as well as proposes what managers need to do to put their organizations back on track toward excellence. Then it guides managers through a plan to bring employees on board and continuously nurture them so they identify their success with that of the organization. Standards for Excellence Series -- Designed to help students advance their knowledge, values, and skills, the Standards for Excellence Series assists students in associated CSHSE's National Standards to all levels of human service practice. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Identify problems in organizational functioning. Recognize what managers need to do to get organizations on the track for excellence. Understand what employees need to do to help the overall well-being of an organization.
Navigating Human Services Organizations
Author: Rich Furman
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0197531040
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"It has been 17 years since the first edition of Navigating Human Service Organizations (Navigating) was published-and about twenty years since the Margaret Gibelman began working on a unique and engaging textbook that has been used in many dozens of classrooms. I did not participate in the initial writing of the book, I joined the project later. Yet shorty after it was released, I reviewed it for possible adoption for a practice class, so can semi-dispassionately reflect upon the initial notes I made about the latest book of the director of the doctoral program from which I graduated"--
Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations
Author: Catherine McDonald
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-10
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1000246914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHelping children, disabled people, the unemployed, the elderly or homeless people can be inspiring work. However you can only help other people effectively if you understand your role clearly and know how to navigate the organisation in which you work. Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations examines what it means to be a professional in human service work, and how to develop excellence in professional practice. Making explicit what is often held as tacit knowledge in day to day practice, the authors explain the dynamics of human service organisations. They outline the challenges worker can face in caring for vulnerable people while at the same time fulfilling expectations of management and funding bodies. They explain the importance of understanding the complex networks of service delivery systems, including the role of information technology. They also examine how workers can maintain professional relations with clients, colleagues and other workers by developing skills in advocacy and in handling conflict, complaints and ethical dilemmas. Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations is essential reading for practitioners new to roles in social work, community work, youth work and related fields.
Organization, Policy, and Practice in the Human Services
Author: Bernard Neugeboren
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-21
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1136608702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is a timely, insightful book that greatly increases the effectiveness of human service professionals and the organizations in which they function. Organization, Policy, and Practice in the Human Services is the first such text to bring together in a systematic fashion the concepts of organizational theory, policy, and practice in the human services. Offering a basic orientation to the structure and operations of social service organizations, Neugeboren addresses society’s need for the successful operation of these complex institutions in our highly organized society. He also calls for a re-examination of what is meant by “dependency” and postulates new methods of dealing with the social and personal problems confronting people in contemporary society. This book is indispensable for administrators, practitioners, and students. Practitioners gain instruction in “bureaucratic expertise,” enabling them to maximize opportunities, limit organizational constraints, reduce the likelihood of “burnout,’and otherwise become a “good bureaucrat” instead of an ineffective if well-intentioned one. Administrators will benefit from a model of organizational goals, practical guidelines for evaluating the effectiveness of an organizational structure, and methods for identifying and remedying the causes of organizational dysfunction. Neugeboren’s practical ideas make a significant contribution in preparing tomorrow’s social workers to deal more effectively with the world facing each of us. His theoretical insights are grounded in discussions of actual cases making them easy to apply to any human service organization.
