Social Work Management and Leadership : Managing Complexity with Creativity

ISBN-13: 9780415467032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 210 str.

John Lawler

Opis

Management and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery of social care services and form part of the post-qualification framework for social workers. This text promotes an appreciation of the development of management and leadership thinking and the different themes which inform ideas on those topics.

Spis treści

1.Introduction  2.Governance, Markets And Managerialism; And A Framework For Alternative Approaches  3.The Individual Manager And Leader Through A Rational-Objectivist Lens  4.The Reflective Individual In Management And Leadership  5.Rational Planning And Control Rational-Objective Approaches To Organizations  6.New Metaphors For Management Reflective-Pluralist Approaches To Organizations  7.Challenges For Social Work Management And Leadership  8.Towards Ethical Management And Leadership In Social Work

O autorze

John Lawler is Senior Lecturer in Public Sector Management at the University of Bradford, UK.

Andy Bilson is Professor of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.