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Presenting an empowerment-oriented management approach, this ground-breaking how-to guide covers the most recent innovations and current theories you need to create a successful social service organization.
This all-in-one guide to service organization management best practices will help you gain the skills you need to effectively lead and empower your staff. Expert authors provide a comprehensive approach and tackle every important issue related to this complex management field including:
- Values and ethics
- Organizational structure
- Diverse clientele and access to services
- Barriers to service delivery
- Cultural competency
- Fight for social justice
- Financial resource management
- Evaluating program outcomes
- Control of the external environment
A must-have reference, An Empowering Approach to Managing Social Service Organizations will help practicing professionals and students on the cusp of leadership improve service delivery to clients, make improvements in workplace conditions, acquire critical resources and retain the leadership power needed to survive in a turbulent social, political and economic environment.
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Theories for Organizational Management: Toward the Development of an Empowering Approach
- Values and Ethics for Management Practice
- The Structure of Social Service Organizations: Where and How Do People Find Help?
- Creating Decision-making Partnerships with Staff and Clientele: The Role of Boards and Committees
- Program Design: Increasing Service Quality and Access
- The Culturally Competent Organization
- Administrative Leadership
- Increasing Employee Motivation: Promoting the Psychological Empowerment of Workers
- Team Building and Collaboration
- Advocacy for Improvements in Services and Policies
- Securing Resources for the Organization: Funding and Budgeting
- Using the Evaluation Process to Empower Workers and Clients
- External Relations: Developing Organizational Power
- The Empowering Model of Management: Is it Realistic?
Preface
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: MODELS, THEORIES, ETHICAL VALUES, AND STRUCTURE
SECTION II: MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR CREATING AN EMPOWERING ORGANIZATION: INCREASING CONSUMER ACCESS TO SERVICES
SECTION III: EMPOWERING STAFF MEMBERS
SECTION IV: STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EMPOWERING ORGANIZATION
APPENDIX: Web Resources for Nonprofit Managers
References
Index