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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Human Service Organizations
Author: Yeheskel Hasenfeld
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780472089864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChanging 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.
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.
Navigating Human Service Organizations
Author: Rich Furman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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"--
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.
Reimagining the Human Service Relationship
Author: Jaber F. Gubrium
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016-07-05
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0231541783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe traditional lines of demarcation between service providers and service users are shifting. Professionals in managed service organizations are working to incorporate the voices of service users into their missions and the way they function, and service users, with growing access to knowledge, have taken on the semblances of professional expertise. Additionally, the human services environment has been transformed by administrative imperatives. The drive toward greater efficiency and accountability has weakened the bond between users and providers. Reimagining the Human Service Relationship is informed by the premise that the helping relationship should be seen as developing in the interactive space between those who provide human services and those who receive them. The contributors to this volume redefine the contours, roles, institutional divisions, means, and aims of providing and receiving services in a range of settings, including child welfare, addiction treatment, social enterprise, doctoring, mental health, and palliative care. Though they advocate an experience-near approach, they remain sensitive to the ambiguities and competing rationalities of the service relationship. Taken together, these chapters reimagine the service relationship by making visible the working relevancies of service delivery.
Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations
Author: David Bargal
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-11-12
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 113658501X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough change and development, human service organizations can promote the well-being of their clients more effectively. This important book describes and analyzes recent research on organizational change and development in the social and human services. It is particularly relevant in light of the significant changes in these organizations during the last decade and the lack of literature in the area. Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations brings together the work of scholars who deal with social welfare administration and change in human services, combining research studies with theoretical approaches to change and development. It helps readers better understand the process of change and the role of the environment in creating change. Insightful chapters encourage practitioners, scholars, and students to plan change in organizations, utilize models of change and organizational development in real life, and evaluate change and its results and impacts. This much-needed book addresses a variety of topics, including: the uses of force field analysis in assessing prospects for organizational change planned change in voluntary and government social service agencies interorganizational coordination of services to children in state custody early stages in the creation of self-help organizations organization and community transformation organizational development in public social services strategic and structural change in human service organizations a developmental approach to program evaluation Many readers will find the information in Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations to be extremely beneficial in their daily work. Covering the important issues, it gives readers a deeper insight into the processes of change and development so they can provide better services to their clients. This book is a vital resource for social workers, professionals in public administration, individuals involved in MSW programs, and students in the social sciences, including sociology and political science.
Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations
Author: Judy Williams
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-10
Total Pages: 213
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.
