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Preface ix <p>Acknowledgments xv</p> <p><b>ORIENTATION AND OVERVIEW</b></p> <p>1 Human Service Practice in a Diverse Organizational Landscape 3</p> <p>2 Frameworks for the Organization Practitioner 41</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART</b> <b>I STRUCTURE AND CONTROL</b></p> <p>3 Traditional Organizations 91</p> <p>4 Practice in Traditional Organizations 119</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART</b> <b>II CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING FOR CHANGE</b></p> <p>5 Social Change Organizations 153</p> <p>6 Practice in Social Change Organizations 179</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART</b> <b>III CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION</b></p> <p>7 Serendipitous Organizations 213</p> <p>8 Practice in Serendipitous Organizations 239</p> <p><b>P</b><b>ART</b> <b>IV INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT</b></p> <p>9 Entrepreneurial Organizations 273</p> <p>10 Practice in Entrepreneurial Organizations 299</p> <p><b>CONCLUSION</b></p> <p>11 Multiparadigmatic Practice 327</p> <p>Appendix A: Organization Assessment 365</p> <p>Glossary 375</p> <p>References 385</p> <p>Author Index 401</p> <p>Subject Index 409</p>

"The most impressive aspect of this book is that the authors chose to present the complexity of social work organization practice over a more simplistic description. This book provides a framework useful for thinking about how to be a social worker at the organization level, moving towards the incorporation of difference and diversity as an avenue towards social justice both within the organization and in the organization’s relationships with the greater community. Developing the self-awareness and critical thinking necessary to navigate such paradoxical realities is the focus of this extraordinary book." (<i>Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work Newsletter</i>, June 9, 2009)

<b>Mary Katherine O'Connor, PHD,</b> is a Professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches in the PhD and MSW programs. <p><b>F. Ellen Netting, PHD,</b> is the Samuel S. Wurtzel Endowed Chair and Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches in the PhD, MSW, and BSW programs.</p>

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