Working with Human Service Organisations

2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-030323-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Working with Human Service Organisations 2nd edition aims to equip potential and current workers within human service organisations with the range of tools they need to think critically and work effectively within their employing agency. It discusses how to be active and dynamic in organisational relationships, how to use critical and reflective thinking and how to be prepared when faced with tough situations in organisational life. It contains a lot of case studies and examples that raise issues about practice and promote critical reflection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardner, Fiona

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Understanding the Context: Current Issues, Strengths and Possibilities

- 2: Thinking About Organisations: Some Useful Theory

- 3: Parallel Processes: Using Practice Approaches to Explore Organisational Issues

- 4: Organisational Culture: What is it like to work in this organisation?

- 5: Structures for Supervision and Management

- 6: Managing the Inevitable Conflicts and Changes of Organisational Life

- 7: Leading and Managing: Working Actively for Change in Organisations

- 8: Collaborative and Integrated Practice

- 9: More than Survival: Ethical and Sustainable Practice in Organisations

Über Autor(innen)

Fiona Gardner, Associate Professor, Discipline Lead, Social Work, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University.