Empowering workers and clients for organizational change / Marcia B. Cohen, Cheryl A. Hyde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Marcia B., 1950- author.

Hyde, Cheryl A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work administration.

Social service.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Marcia B.Cohen and Cheryl A.Hyde's book, Empowering Workers and Clients for Organizational Change, prepares students to successfully engage in organizational change practice.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. Key Concepts and Frameworks

1. Characteristics and Culture of Human Service Organizations

2. Power and Empowerment in Human Service Organizations

3. Organizational Assessment for Change

4. Social Justice and the Ethics of Organizational Change from Below

Part II. Case Studies

5. Social Capital and Social Networks: A Strategy for Organizational Change from Below

6. Combating Discriminatory Practices in Child Welfare Services: The Burgos Consent Decree

7. Social Movements within Organizations: Insurgency at the Shelter

8. Rebecca's Place: Women Experiencing Homelessness Changing Organizational Structure and Attitudes about Them

9. Beyond Inclusion Training: Changing Human Service and Public Organizations

10. A Transforming Grassroots Organizing Tale: If You Can't Walk, You Can't Ride

11. Overcoming Organizational Obstacles to Forming Empowerment Groups: A Consumer Advisory Board for Homeless Clients

Part III. The Student as Change Agent

12. Bullying: Organizational Change in a Middle School

13. Linguistic Liabilities: Refugee Parents' Right to Know in a Language They Understand

14. Documenting Homelessness: Organizational Change at a Homeless Resource Center

Contributors

EDITORS

CONTRIBUTORS

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-068528-X

OCLC:

1101028378