Social Work Management and Leadership
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to leadership and management. 2. Social work and leadership management. 3. Leadership and management development in social work. 4. Challenges for social work management and leadership. 5. Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work. 6. Leadership management in society. 7. Cultural influences on leadership and management practice. 8. Practice in social work and leadership. 9. Non-profit organisations and social institutions. 10. Diversity in social work. Further reading. Index.
The issues of the management of meaning and sense-making in organisations are important concepts that contrast sharply with approaches founded on an external rationality such as those we have considered as being presented by objectivist views. Leadership has always been a popular term, and has appeared in an ever-increasing number of books, all offering insight into how managers and very often those carrying the title of leader can develop themselves and their organisations in the context of rapid change and globalisation. The development of standards for leadership and management should be used to underpin this development and which would allow for local flexibility of delivery and tailoring to local circumstance but set against a consistent framework of standards. This book lay emphasis on managing social work and leadership qualities needed for a satisfactory social work. (jacket)
The issues of the management of meaning and sense-making in organisations are important concepts that contrast sharply with approaches founded on an external rationality such as those we have considered as being presented by objectivist views. Leadership has always been a popular term, and has appeared in an ever-increasing number of books, all offering insight into how managers and very often those carrying the title of leader can develop themselves and their organisations in the context of rapid change and globalisation. The development of standards for leadership and management should be used to underpin this development and which would allow for local flexibility of delivery and tailoring to local circumstance but set against a consistent framework of standards. This book lay emphasis on managing social work and leadership qualities needed for a satisfactory social work. (jacket)
