Strategic Supervision : a Brief Guide for Managing Social Service Organizations.

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Author / Creator:Pecora, Peter J.
Imprint:Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (249 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Social work administration.
Human services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Human services.
Social work administration.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11180226
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Other authors / contributors:Cherin, David A.
Bruce, Emily J.
Arguello, Trinidad de Jesus.
ISBN:9781483302188
1483302180
Notes:Print version record.
Summary:A brief and practical guide to the most important aspects of supervisory leadership and personnel management.
Other form:Print version: Pecora, Peter J. Strategic Supervision : A Brief Guide for Managing Social Service Organizations. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, ©2009 9781412915434
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; 1
  • Administrative Supervision Within an Organizational Context; 2
  • Organizational and Workgroup Culture; 3
  • Value-Based Principles and Laws Guiding Personnel Management; 4
  • Recruiting Effective Employees; 5
  • Screening and Interviewing for Selection; 6
  • Facilitating Groups and Teams; 7
  • Designing and Conducting Worker Performance Appraisals; 8
  • Handling Employee Performance Problems; Appendix A Brief History of Social Work Supervision Concepts; Appendix B
  • Answers to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Exercise (for Chapter 3).
  • Appendix C
  • Position Description for a Mental Health Specialist IIAppendix D
  • Sample of Core Competencies for Working in a Human Services Agency; Appendix E
  • Planning, Leading, and Coaching Professional Meetings; Index; About the Authors; About the Contributors.