Description
Human service organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that their programs work. Organization Practice, Second Edition helps students and professionals in human services and nonprofit management understand complex behaviors in organizations. This new edition provides a new, practical model for understanding cultural identities within organizations. Also, it is significantly revised to include numerous real-world cases, critical thinking questions, empirical support, and engaging exercises. Social workers, as well as public health and nonprofit administrators will benefit from the insights in this book.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
ORIENTATION AND OVERVIEW
1 Human Service Practice in a Diverse Organizational Landscape 3
2 Frameworks for the Organization Practitioner 41
PART I STRUCTURE AND CONTROL
3 Traditional Organizations 91
4 Practice in Traditional Organizations 119
PART II CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING FOR CHANGE
5 Social Change Organizations 153
6 Practice in Social Change Organizations 179
PART III CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION
7 Serendipitous Organizations 213
8 Practice in Serendipitous Organizations 239
PART IV INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT
9 Entrepreneurial Organizations 273
10 Practice in Entrepreneurial Organizations 299
CONCLUSION
11 Multiparadigmatic Practice 327
Appendix A: Organization Assessment 365
Glossary 375
References 385
Author Index 401
Subject Index 409
