Organization Practice: A Guide to Understanding Human Service Organizations, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments xv

ORIENTATION AND OVERVIEW

1 Human Service Practice in a Diverse Organizational Landscape 3

2 Frameworks for the Organization Practitioner 41

PART I STRUCTURE AND CONTROL

3 Traditional Organizations 91

4 Practice in Traditional Organizations 119

PART II CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING FOR CHANGE

5 Social Change Organizations 153

6 Practice in Social Change Organizations 179

PART III CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION

7 Serendipitous Organizations 213

8 Practice in Serendipitous Organizations 239

PART IV INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT

9 Entrepreneurial Organizations 273

10 Practice in Entrepreneurial Organizations 299

CONCLUSION

11 Multiparadigmatic Practice 327

Appendix A: Organization Assessment 365

Glossary 375

References 385

Author Index 401

Subject Index 409