Human Services Management: Organizational Leadership in Social Work Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0231108362
- ISBN-13
- 9780231108362
- Category
- Human services
- Pages
- 513
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- David M. Austin
Description
This book assists participants in human service organizations in understanding the dynamics that are shaping such organizations. Austin's comprehensive analysis of human services management examines the historical development and program structures of such organizations; their stakeholders, including users, personnel, funders, and policy boards; and the organizational processes of accountability and dealing with change.
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- 2002-11-18
- 468 pages
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