A Framework for Selecting Content for Teaching About Social Administration

Slavin, Simon

doi:10.1300/j147v01n03_03

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“…Slavin (1977) suggested "professional technolog[ies], value base[s], and ethical prescriptions" associated with "establishing, organizing, and directing direct client service" were what distinguished social welfare management from other managerial contexts (p. 255). Patti (1985) argued that "service effectiveness" or, more specifically, "[c]hanging people and/or the social conditions in which they live is the raison d'etre of the human service agency .…”

Section: Administration In Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mandatory Management Training for Newly Hired Child Welfare Supervisors

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2004

Administration in Social Work

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Little scholarly attention has been directed at verifying whether the skills and competencies stressed in social welfare management training programs are consistent with the management literature. In this study, 31 state-sponsored management training programs for newly hired child welfare supervisors were assessed using Menefee and Thompson's (1994) 12 social work managerial dimensions. Research has suggested strategic, interpersonal, and technical skills and competencies are important for successful social welfare management. Most states, however, tended to ignore the strategic component in their management training programs. By discounting this aspect, states not only overlook the very factors that make social welfare management challenging, they potentially inhibit the practice effectiveness of their current supervisors and future managers.

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Section: Administration In Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Austin (1983), however, offered no concrete examples in support of this assertion. As for content areas, the 12 domains of study that Slavin (1977) identified as "relevant for the preparation of social [welfare managers]" are strikingly similar to the typical master of public administration (MPA) program:…”

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Mandatory Management Training for Newly Hired Child Welfare Supervisors

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2004

Administration in Social Work

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“…Another significant contribution to the development of a framework for the management curriculum was made by Slavin (1977), who offered a list of twelve content areas that he suggested could be used as a conceptual scheme for the development of curricula necessary for the preparation of social work administrators. In commenting on this list of content areas, Slavin pointed out, "These areas present a formidable repertoire of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes.…”

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confidence: 99%