Social Administration

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-11198-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 975 g

Reihe: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

By making explicit linkages both to social work practice and to the history of management thought, covering the rapidly expanding field of nonprofit studies, and incorporating management approaches from Henri Fayol's principles to Total Quality Management, this pioneering work grounds the practice of social administration in the profession of social work and agency-based practice better than any text presently available. The book also addresses ways in which the strategic vision of social administrators can be used to build humane and lasting welfare institutions, further social justice, and confront oppression.

To accomplish this task, the authors blend several perspectives: social administration as management, as a form of social work practice emphasizing professional and community leadership, as decision making influenced by values and ethics and as institution building. Divided into an introduction, an afterword, and twenty-five topical chapters, Social Administration discusses issues of executive and program leadership as well as such environmental concerns as community, social agency, and a range of special topics, including accountability, ethics, contracting, and working with boards.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lohmann, Roger

Lohmann, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Ecology of Social AdministrationIntroductionSocial Administration and CommunityThe Social AgencySocial Administration and OrganizationElements of Social AdministrationLeadership and Decision-MakingThe Process of ManagementManagement ModelsThe Process of InstitutionalizationPolicy, Institutions, and Strategic ActionAdministrative PlanningImplementationOperationsAccountabilityProgram EvaluationCommunications and InformationAdministrative CommunicationAdministrative Information SystemsEmpowermentAdministrative AuthorityPower and InfluenceMarketing, Public Relations, and AdvertisingPersonnel SystemsHuman ResourcesFinancial ManagementFinancial InflowsBudgetingSocial Administration and Purchase of Service ContractsEthics and AdministrationHuman Diversity and Administrative JusticeGovernance Issues: Boards and DirectoratesAfterword

Über Autor(innen)

Roger A. Lohmann is professor of social work and chair of the nonprofit studies committee at West Virginia University. He is editor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership and the author of Breaking Even: Financial Management in the Financial Services and The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action, which won the 1993 outstanding book award by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives.Nancy Lohmann is professor of social work and Senior Advisor to the Provost at West Virginia University. Other administrative positions that she has held at West Virginia University include Dean of the School of Social Work, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Development, and Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. She has served on the CSWE Accreditation Commission and Board of Directors and is co-editor of Transitions of Aging.