11 Mar External Factors Impacting an Organization
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SOCIAL WORK
SOCW – 6070-Supervision, Leadership, and Administration in Social Work Organization
Discussion: External Factors Impacting an Organization
Last week, you explored how systems theory and the ecological perspective emphasize the interaction between a human services organization and its environment. Any change in one part of the system effects change in another part of the system. Because organizations are not immune to their environment, local, national, and global events affect them.
Social workers in administrative roles must be able to identify and analyze the external factors that affect the function of the human services organizations for which they work. Though you may apply leadership and management skills as you assume an administrative position, you may also be able to repurpose many of the assessment skills you use in clinical practice for macro social work. Just as you gather information about a client and develop strategies for treatment at a micro level, so too, at a macro level, you gather and analyze information about a situation or program and identify appropriate strategies that will support positive organizational functioning.
For this Discussion, you address the Phoenix House case study in the Social Work Case Studies: Concentration Year text.
By Day 3
Post by Day 3 an analysis of the supervisor’s role in the Phoenix House case study and identify leadership skills that might help the supervisor resolve the issue. Identify which aspect of this situation would be most challenging for you if you were the supervisor. Finally, explain how you would use leadership skills to proceed if you were the supervisor.
Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
Understanding Your Social Agency 3RD 11
Author: Lauffer, Armand
ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-2653-9
ISBN-10: 1-4129-2653-X
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 11
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
REQUIRED
Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice 5TH 21
Author: Northouse, Peter G.
ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-5159-9
ISBN-10: 1-5443-5159-3
Edition/Copyright: 5TH 21
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
REQUIRED
Social Work Case Studies: Concentration Year 2013
Author: Plummer, Sara-Beth
ISBN-13:
ISBN-10:
Edition/Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Laureate Publishing
REQUIRED
Social Work Case Studies: Foundation Year 2013
Author: Plummer, Sara-Beth
ISBN-13:
ISBN-10:
Edition/Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Laureate Publishing
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Lauffer, A. (2011). Understanding your social agency (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.
• Chapter 1, “Where Your Agency Came From and Where It’s Going” (pp. 2–31)
• Prequel to Chapter 2, “Meet the Staff Members” (pp. 35–37)
• Chapter 2, “Concepts, Theories, and Classifications” (pp. 38–65)
• Chapter 7, “Organizational Culture” (pp. 210–240)
• Chapter 8, “Leadership, Management, and Governance” (pp. 243–280)
Mulroy, E. A. (2004). Theoretical perspectives on the social environment to guide management and community perspectives: An organization-in-environment approach. Administration in Social Work, 28(1), 77–96.
Optional Resources
Walden University. (2014). Master of Social Work home page. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Visit the Master of Social Work interactive home page to explore resources available to students in the program.
