236 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social work has become a business. The traditional distinction drawn between social work as a non-commercial activity in the public and voluntary sectors of the welfare state and private commercial activities driven by the market's profit motive has largely disappeared. In The Social Work Business John Harris addresses the introduction and consolidation of business thinking and ways of... Read more
1. Doing the Business 2. Before the Business Era 3. Establishing the Business 4. Running the Business 5. Modernising the Business 6. Learning the Business 7. The Customer Base 8. The Supply Chain 9. Seeing Through the Social Work Business
Biography
John Harris
'This book seems to tackle many important issues relating to social work today. ... As social work develops in the future, I would like to see a second edition of the book, which surely will follow.' - European Journal of Social Work
'a timely and thorough critical appraisal of how the business of culture has shifted the nature of social work so fundamentally in the UK over the last 25 years' - Journal of Social Work
'an important contribution to the literature, which brings together in one place significant material that both students adn teachers will find invaluable.' - Journal of Social Work
