Organizational Change in the Human Services

Organizational Change in the Human Services
Author: Rebecca Ann Proehl
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2001-08-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761922506

Organizations 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.

Human Services as Complex Organizations

Human Services as Complex Organizations
Author: Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1217
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412956935

This new edition looks at the many recent changes in the arena of Human Sevices Organizations.

Navigating Human Services Organizations

Navigating Human Services Organizations
Author: Rich Furman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2020
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0197531040

"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"--

Changing Human Service Organizations

Changing Human Service Organizations
Author: George Brager
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2002-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0743237854

From 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

Organization Practice
Author: Mary Katherine O'Connor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2009-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0470495537

Human 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.

Managing the Challenges in Human Service Organizations

Managing the Challenges in Human Service Organizations
Author: Michael J. Austin
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 141294127X

The novel approach of this casebook encourages the student to determine how they would act and work towards a resolution of real-world dilemmas.

Strategic Alliances Among Health and Human Services Organizations

Strategic Alliances Among Health and Human Services Organizations
Author: Darlyne Bailey
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761913160

With a focus on relationship building, this book offers theoretical and practical information to organizations considering and negotiating this process. Throughout, the book employs actual case examples of health and human services organizations nationally to illustrate core concepts and offer insights into why and how organizations are forming strategic alliances to fulfill their missions and better address the consumers' needs.

Excellence in Human Service Organization Management

Excellence in Human Service Organization Management
Author: Peter M. Kettner
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Human services
ISBN: 9780205088157

An 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.

Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services

Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services
Author: Michael J. Austin
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2004-03-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780761926283

The authors have assembled some of the finest minds in the field of supervision studies to produce Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services. Key aspects of a learning organization and the process of organizational learning are explored across the various human services (social, mental health, health, and aging), making this an essential core text for graduate and undergraduate students of social work and counselling, as well as for human services supervisors and practitioners.

Working with Human Service Organisations

Working with Human Service Organisations
Author: Fiona Gardner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780190303235

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.