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Social work management and practice: systems principles
- Authors:
- BILSON Andy, ROSS Sue
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 189p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Applies the latest systems principles to the practice and management of social work to show how creative social work can bring about real and positive change in the ecology of people's lives. Contains chapters on: a history of systems ideas in social work; key principles of a systems approach; the application of Bateson's ideas in family therapy and wider systems; towards an ecology of social work practice; case studies on: bringing about change for families and individuals using systems approaches; a systems approach to social work management; case studies; a systems approach to social work education; and the development of systems ideas in social work for the future.
Social work management and practice: systems principles
- Authors:
- ROSS Sue, BILSON Andy
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 160p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Suggests that in many cases social work systems are ineffective in attempting to solve the problems of inequality and poverty. Outlines the theories behind 'systems' thinking, and organisational change in systems terms.