Management in Social Work

Informationen zum Autor VERONICA COULSHED, sometime Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. Klappentext The third edition of this textbook has been thoroughly revised to meet the needs of today's social work students, professionals and service managers. It illustrates current legislation, policy, procedure and concerns, with additional material included to develop readers' confidence and skills in the context of learning organisations.This book is essential reading for students and practitioners alike, particularly those who need to understand organisation and management theory for study purposes and those who aspire to move into social work management or have been recent promoted. Zusammenfassung The third edition of this textbook has been thoroughly revised to meet the needs of today's social work students, professionals and service managers. It illustrates current legislation, policy, procedure and concerns, with additional material included to develop readers' confidence and skills in the context of learning organisations.This book is essential reading for students and practitioners alike, particularly those who need to understand organisation and management theory for study purposes and those who aspire to move into social work management or have been recent promoted.New to this Edition:- Fully revised and reorganised to reflect current legislation and policy- New material added to develop managers' confidence and skills in the context of learning organisations- Experienced new coauthors added to successful writing team Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgement Introduction Why Study Management? Management Theory and Organisational Structures Cultural Change and Quality Standards Management as Vision, Strategy and Leadership, or Management of Uncertainty? Matching People and Jobs The Human Resource: Meeting the Needs of Staff Managing Diversity Conclusion References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Veronic Coulshed, Veronica Coulshed, Veronica Mullender Coulshed, Davi Jones, David Jones, David N. Jones, Audre Mullender, Audrey Mullender, Neil Thompson
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2006
• EAN: 9781403918376
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-1837-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Practical Social Work Series; Practical Social Work; Practical Social Work Series; Practical Social Work
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, Social Sciences, Practice of medicine, Practice and Hospital Management, management;organization;service;social work;strategy