Bundle: Brody: Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations 4e + Watson: Developing Nonprofit and Human Service Leaders

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. Ralph Brody & Murali Nair Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations is and continues to be a highly used core textbook for courses on human service/social work administration. The book is highly practical and takes students through the nuts and bolts of managing a human service agency (from strategic planning, to problem solving, increasing productivity, supervising staff, and seeking funding). Its value and distinction among competing texts is that it offers a practical, skill-building approach, which is well received by students and faculty. The new edition is expanded to included much more content on leadership, as this is an area receiving more attention in administration courses and social service agencies as well. Larry D. Watson & Richard A. Hoefer While the majority of social work students focus their concentration in direct or clinical practice, they often find themselves promoted into roles as administrators in social service agencies. All students are required to take a macro course that covers management and administrative issues, but unfortunately they do not learn the skills needed to fulfill an administration position and have to learn "on the job." While administration texts focus on presenting core theoretical concepts, they often neglect helping students internalize the skills needed to succeed. The workbook is intended to help students build key skills needed in an administrative role to succeed in a management role. It discusses management issues in social service agencies, the role of a practitioner as an administrator and the interplay of practice, research and policy. It will be divided into several 13 key modules that focus on contemporary functions. Each module will present the basic concept, hands-on skill building assignments with tear-away sheets, a summary and glossary. Topics will include: Being an Administrator, Values and Ethics, Administration and Organizational Theories, Leadership, Board of Directors, Fundraising, Supervision, and Cultural Consideration. Please contact your Sales Representative for more information.

About the Author :
Ralph Brody, Ph.D. passed away on February 8, 2006. Dr. Brody was previously on the faculty of Cleveland State University where he taught social policy and human service administration. He also taught graduate courses on human service delivery models at Case Western Reserve University. Previously, he served for fifteen years as the executive director of the Federation for Community Planning, an organization that provides research, planning and advocacy on health and human services. Dr. Brody authored books on case management, the state legislative process, fundraising events, community problem solving, service learning, and macro practice. Dr. Brody's many years as a manager and teacher convinced him that the issues facing those in human service organizations were universal and applied to boards of directors as well as NGOs. He dedicated himself to developing tools to enhance the understanding and skills of those in leadership roles, from Cleveland to India, Spain, Ghana, Ethiopia, Egypt and Nigeria. His frequent workshops in Kenya led to the translation of his casebook into the Swahili language. His co-authored book with Dr. Nair: Grassroot Development - Establishing Successful Microenterprises has been published in English and Malayalam language. Dr. Brody's work touched millions, and his contributions will continue to educate, inform and inspire future students and professionals in human services field. Larry D. Watson is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) School of Social Work. He publishes and teaches in the area on nonprofit administration and social policy. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), and the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR). He is the president of the Texas Chapter of NASW. Prior to joining the faculty of the UTA School of Social Work, he served as the president/CEO of Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio, Texas, and was executive director of Catholic Family Services in Amarillo, Texas. He is a faculty associate of the Center for Advocacy, Nonprofit and Donor Organizations (CAN-DO) at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work.