Social care management, strategy and business planning / Trish Hafford-Letchfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hafford-Letchfield, Trish.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work administration.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive guide to strategic social care management, covering all the knowledge and skills that managers in the 21st century must have, and showing how to make theory a practical reality. It will be essential reading for anyone involved in managing or leading practice either in the front line or at a more strategic level.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Social Care Management, Strategy and BusinessPlanning; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1. Thinking about the Legislative and Policy Environmentfor SocialCare; 2. Strategic Planning; 3. The Business Planning Process; 4. Managing Resources in Your Business Plan; 5. Project Management; 6. The Commissioning and Contracting Process; 7. Managing Performance; 8. The Process of Decision-Making; 9. Risk Assessment and Risk Management; 10. Evaluation; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS TO MANAGER'S COMMENTS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-90635-X

0-85700-394-1

OCLC:

711747289