Organization Practice

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Human Service Practice in a Diverse Organizational
Landscape

Chapter 2 Frameworks for the Organization Practitioner

Part One: Structure and Control


Chapter 3 Traditional Organizations


Chapter 4 Practice in Traditional Organizations

Part Two: Consciousness Raising for Change


Chapter 5 Social Change Organizations


Chapter 6 Practice in Social Change Organizations

Part Three: Connection and Collaboration


Chapter 7 Serendipitous Organizations


Chapter 8 Practice in Serendipitous Organizations

Part Four: Individual Empowerment


Chapter 9 Entrepreneurial Organizations


Chapter 10 Practice in Entrepreneurial Organizations

Chapter 11: Multiparadigmatic Practice

Appendix: Organization Assessment

Glossary of Terms

References

"The most impressive aspect of this book is that the authors chose to present the complexity of social work organization practice over a more simplistic description. This book provides a framework useful for thinking about how to be a social worker at the organization level, moving towards the incorporation of difference and diversity as an avenue towards social justice both within the organization and in the organization's relationships with the greater community. Developing the self-awareness and critical thinking necessary to navigate such paradoxical realities is the focus of this extraordinary book." (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work Newsletter, June 9, 2009)

Mary Katherine O'Connor, PHD, is a Professor in the School
of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she
teaches in the PhD and MSW programs.

F. Ellen Netting, PHD, is the Samuel S. Wurtzel Endowed
Chair and Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth
University, where she teaches in the PhD, MSW, and BSW
programs.

M. K. O'Connor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; F. E. Netting, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA