SW 581 Issues in Social Service Administration, Leadership, and Management

Emphasizes critical leadership and management skills relevant to a variety of for-profit, non-profit and government social service agency environments including managed care principles, internal advocacy, hiring processes and procedures, staff supervision and discipline, staff ethics, sexual harassment, and equal employment opportunity laws. Analyzes management philosophy in complex organizations, team building, work with governance boards, participation in organizational planning, and program quality and development of accountability systems.