Working with Human Service Organisations eBook
Working with Human Service Organisations eBook
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9780190303501 |
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Ebook |
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22 Jun 2016 |
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Request an inspection copyDescription
NEW TO THIS EDITION
- New and updated case scenarios and examples help students visualise restraints and opportunities they may encounter when working with organisations
- Improved navigation includes signposting, chapter aims and an expanded table of contents
- New chapters on structure for Supervision and Management, Leading and Managing, and Collaborative and Integrated Practice
- Updated ‘Stop and Think’ questions encourage students to reflect on the implications for effective practice
- Critically Reflective Practice encourages students to use critical thinking to understand and explain the implications for effective practice.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of Boxes
List of Figures
- Understanding the Context: Current Issues, Strengths and Possibilities
- Thinking about Organisations: Some Useful Theories
- Parallel Processes: Using Practice Approaches to Explore Organisational Issues
- Organisational Culture: What is it Like to Work in this Organisation
- Structures for Supervision and Management
- Managing the Inevitable Conflicts and Changes of Organisational Life
- Leading and Managing: Working Actively for Change in Organisations
- Collaborative and Integrated Practice
- More than Survival: Ethical and sustainable Practice in Organisations
- Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Authors
Fiona Gardner, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead, Department of Social Work, La Trobe University.