Strategic Supervision: A Brief Guide for Managing Social Service Organizations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781412915434)

Offering social service agency leaders the necessary skills for
day-to-day supervision practice This guide presents readers with a practical overview to the most important aspects of supervisory leadership and personnel management within the social work environment. Strategic Supervision serves as a primer for new or soon-to-be supervisors on the types of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for effective supervisory practice. It also offers more seasoned practitioners a concise compendium of checklists and tools that can be utilized selectively.

Key Features

• Concrete examples of how excellent supervisors problem-solve, lead teams, and support multicultural and other forms of diverse staffing
• Practical strategies for working with employees that have performance difficulties
• Management tools specifically tailored to the application of Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and other nondiscriminatory practices in hiring and promotion activities

Author: Peter J. Pecora, David A. Cherin, Emily J. Bruce
ISBN-10: 1412915430
ISBN-13: 9781412915434
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 153