SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT

SW312

Course Code: SW312
Semester: Sixth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Sixth Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Emre Özcan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will master the administrative issues in the field of social work
will perform competently in the first-line management in a social work field
will have the power to fulfill their leadership role under the guidance of social work values and ethical standards.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the functioning of social work organizations and what is necessary for effective social work management. Students are expected to understand the management issues in the field of social work properly. The content of the course includes topics such as the concept and theories of organization and management, the basic characteristics and types of social work organizations, management principles and dimensions, organizational conflict and organizational change, the adaptation of contemporary management understanding to social work, and the social worker as a manager.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Management of Social Work
2^nd Week	Description of Agency; Human Service Agency
3^rd Week	Social Service Agencies
4^th Week	Management Styles
5^th Week	Management Process and Functions: Decisiona Making, Planning
6^th Week	Management Process and Functions : Communication, Cooperation, Evaluation
7^th Week	Management Tasks
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	The Manager: Professionalism, Manager types, Leadership
10^th Week	Sıcial Worker as Manager
11^th Week	Human Relations in Management
12^th Week	Management in Social Services Agencies
13^th Week	Theories of Management and Organization
14^th Week	Evaluation of Organizational Theories according to Social Work Management
15^th Week	Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Banner, David K., Designing Effective Organizations, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, 1995.
Bilson, Andy, Sue Ross, Social Work Management and Practice, Pasific Grove, USA, Wadsworth Group, Books/Cole, 2002.
Daft, Richard L., Organization Theory and Design, Cincinnati, Ohio, South-Western College Publishing, 1998.
Eren, Erol, Yönetim ve Organizasyon (Çağdaş ve Küresel Yaklaşımlar), İstanbul, Beta Basım A.Ş., 2003.
Hasenfeld, Yeheskel, Richard A. English, Human Service Organizations, Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1974.
Keys, Paul R., Leon H. Ginsberg (eds.), New Management in Human Services, Silver Spring, NASW, 1988.
Koçel, Tamer, İşletme Yöneticiliği, İstanbul, Arıkan Basım Yayım Dağıtım Ltd.Şti., 2005.
Netting, F.Ellen, Peter M.Kettner, Steven L.McMurty, Social Work Macro Practice, New York, Longman, 1998.
Öztürk, Mehmet, İşletme ve Yönetim, İstanbul, Papatya Yayıncılık, 2003.
Schutz, Harry A. (ed.) Social Work Administration, New York, Council on Social Work Education, 1970.
Skidmore, Rex A., Social Work Administration, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1995.
Statham, Daphne, Managing Front Line Practice in Social Work, Jessika Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Weinbach, Robert W., The Social Worker as Manager, Boston, Pearson Education, Inc., 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Other	1	60
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	3	3	9
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	2	3	6
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)
Project
Quiz
Take-home
Field Research
Meeting with advisor
Performance Practice
Book Presentation
Article Presentation
Case Study Presentation
Thesis Proposal
Article	12	2	24
Thesis Research
Weekly Articles and Resource Research
Preperation for Presentations
Total Work Load			128
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.26
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1			X
K2
K3	X
K4	X
K5
K6		X
K7		X