Using real social work case examples, Organisational behaviour for social work unites the well-established study of behaviour in organizations with the special, and sometimes unusual, organizational settings of social work practice.
Introduction; Organisational theories and contexts; Motivation: what makes social work a good job?; Communication: does the social work grapevine work for you?; Decision making: do your practice decisions seem to make themselves?; Team working: can you join the perfect social work team?; Organisational culture: do social services have a culture of complaint or a culture of care?; Organisational learning: is a learning organisation a good place to work?; Leadership and management: is a social work style of management possible?; Management strategies: do the costs outweigh the gains?; Power and the organisation: who really controls social services?; Organisational change: do welfare organisations resist change?; Conclusion: social workers in organisations
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