Management of Human Service Programs - Softcover

Lewis, Judith A.; Packard, Thomas R.; Lewis, Michael D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 049500782X ISBN 13: 9780495007821

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2006

Synopsis

Master management and leadership with MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS. Practical and easy to use, this human services text provides important guidelines for working within agencies that every manager of administrator needs to know. Every chapter includes a case example with reflection questions to help you view the issues in action and to help you reflect on how you would handle the scenario. Topics include challenges of management, environments of human service agencies, program design, organizational theory, organizational design, human resources, supervisory relationships, finances, information systems, program evaluation, organizational change, leadership, and achieving and maintaining organizational excellence.

About this title

About the Author:

Judith A. Lewis (Ph.D., University of Michigan) retired in 2008 from Governors State University, where she served as Professor and Chair of Addictions Studies and Behavioral Health. A licensed psychologist in Illinois, she is a past president of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. She is co-author of MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS, Fifth Edition; COMMUNITY COUNSELING: EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES FOR A DIVERSE SOCIETY, Third Edition; and SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING, Fifth Edition (all Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning).

Review:

"Dr. Judith A. Lewis is a Professor at Governor's State University. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 049500782X
• ISBN 13: 9780495007821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 316