Cases in Macro Social Work PracticeAn edited work featuring cases by leading social work professors and practitioners from around the country, this casebook provides macro practice case scenarios that reflect the dilemmas and challenges facing today's social workers. Designed to be provocative and instructive, these well-developed cases present problematic situations that encourage critical thinking, problem-solving, and participation in decision-making processes. Since there are no easy resolutions to the cases, they are ideal for class discussion and assignments. Each case consists of a preliminary discussion of theoretical and practice perspectives, in-depth references, the case narrative, and a concluding section of discussion questions and exercises. Based on real-world experiences, the cases reflect current trends such as managed care, total quality management, strategic planning, managing diverse workforces, disabilities, and more. Although all cases raise multiple issues, they are organized into three major sections: Organization Practice, Community Practice, and Policy Practice. |
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... Coffee Break " who is perplexed by her own inability to solve what appears to be a small problem con- cerning where and when professional staff can take coffee breaks . This pervisor approaches the situation in a more timid manner than ...
... coffee break . In conference , the workers quite uniformly said they had " missed each other " and so had started this new coffee break pattern . Some defended this action by saying that they discussed work over coffee , but never ...
... coffee break on the staff meeting agenda the second time . It seemed unreasonable to them to insist that they report to work before taking morning coffee , since she could look out the window , see their parked cars , and know where ...
Contents
Introduction to the Case Method | 1 |
Organization Practice | 11 |
The Clash | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Cases in Macro Social Work Practice David P. Fauri,Stephen P. Wernet,F. Ellen Netting Snippet view - 2004 |
Cases in Macro Social Work Practice David P. Fauri,Stephen P. Wernet,F. Ellen Netting Snippet view - 2000 |