| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
SAGE human services guides ; v. 3
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Sage human services guides ; v. 3.
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| Note |
Revised edition of: Understanding your social agency. 2nd ed. 1984. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Where your agency came from and where it's going -- Concepts, theories, and classifications -- Role-playing and group membership -- Motivation and satisfaction at work -- Agencies, jobs, and careers -- Professionalism and volunteerism -- Organizational culture -- Leadership, management, and governance -- Fundraising and development -- Agency structure and change. |
| Summary |
This highly accessible text takes into account the organisational dynamics that readers are likely to have experienced and provides them with the conceptual tools for reassessing their understanding and considering how to act on their new insights. Renowned scholar Armand Lauffer shows readers how to apply organisational theories to challenges they confront at work, and to uncover other challenges they may not yet be aware of. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social service -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Social service. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lauffer, Armand. Understanding your social agency. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©2011 9781412926539 141292653X (DLC) 2010026686 |
| ISBN |
145222272X (electronic book) |
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9781452222721 (electronic book) |
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9781452274690 (ebook) |
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145227469X (ebook) |
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9781412926539 (paperback) |
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141292653X (paperback) |
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9781412926522 (cloth) |
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1412926521 (cloth) |
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