{"product_id":"social-work-management-and-leadership-john-lawler-9780415459051","title":"Social Work Management and Leadership: Managing Complexity with Creativity","description":"\u003cp\u003eManagement and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery of social care services and now form part of the post qualification framework for social workers. Yet, whilst there is a relatively broad understanding of management concepts and their application in social care, their foundations often go unchallenged both by students and managers. Furthermore, leadership is open to a wide range of interpretations and is often ill-defined with the expectation that we share a common understanding of the term. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text promotes an appreciation of the development of management and leadership thinking and the different themes which inform current ideas. It considers these topics from a range of theoretical standpoints in order to stimulate readers to consider their own experience and expectations of management and leadership. It then demonstrates how these standpoints might promote innovative approaches to management and leadership within social care organisations and ways in which such organisations might then develop. The aim of this challenging text is to encourage critical and informed reflection on current practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSocial Work Management and Leadership\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students of management and leadership in social care as well as being an invaluable resource for managers who simply wish to consider new approaches to their practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lawler,Andy Bilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415459052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415459051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.90w x 0.70d","brand":"John Lawler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112893493503,"sku":"9780415459051","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_225ee38f-d418-4da9-b9a2-a514b5723c99.jpg?v=1769611654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-work-management-and-leadership-john-lawler-9780415459051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}