Social Work Management and Leadership: Managing Complexity with Creativity

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ISBN: 9780415467032 | 0415467039
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Copyright: 11/11/2009

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Management and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery of social care services now form part of the post-qualification framework for social workers. This text promotes an appreciation of the development of management and leadership thinking and the different themes which inform current ideas on those topics.

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List of figures	p. ix
List of boxes	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Governance, markets and managerialism; and a framework for alternative approaches	p. 9
The individual manager and leader through a rational-objectivist lens	p. 29
The reflective individual in management and leadership	p. 49
Rational planning and control: rational-objectivist approaches to organizations	p. 75
New metaphors for management: reflective-pluralist approaches to organizations	p. 101
Challenges for social work management and leadership	p. 137
Towards ethical management and leadership in social work	p. 161
References	p. 181
Index	p. 195
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Social Work Management and Leadership: Managing Complexity with Creativity

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