Mgt Human Serv Prog 4e - Softcover

LEWIS; PACKARD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 049500782X ISBN 13: 9780495007821

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Practical in its approach, this book introduces students to the theory and practice of managerial and leadership functions and provides important guidelines for working within agencies. The authors provide an overview of the managerial and leadership functions that a successful manager or administrator in the human services needs to understand.

About this title

Review

"Dr. Judith A. Lewis is a Professor at Governor's State University. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan."

About the Author

Thomas R. Packard teaches administration and social policy courses in the School of Social Work at San Diego State University and conducts research and consultation projects through the Academy for Professional Excellence in the SDSU School of Social Work. For twenty-five years he has been an organization development consultant specializing in human service and government organizations, including six and a half years in the City of San Diego's Organizational Effectiveness Program, which he managed for one and a half years. He has published articles on his consulting projects and the results of his research in the areas of organizational effectiveness and the quality of working life. He has been the director of two community-based human services organizations and has been a program evaluator for the County of San Diego. He received his doctorate in social welfare at UCLA and is a Certified Social Work Manager.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 049500782X
• ISBN 13: 9780495007821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 316