Social Welfare Administration Theories
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Social Welfare Administration Theories

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What is the major objective of social welfare administration?

  • The distribution of national resources to social welfare needs
  • The analysis of the community's needs
  • The development of agency policies and programs
  • The enhancement of social functioning (correct)

    • Which of the following is NOT listed as a major area of administrative work and responsibility?

  • Developing agency policies, programs, and procedures
  • Providing financial resources, budgeting, and accounting
  • Lobbying for legislative changes related to social welfare (correct)
  • Determining agency purpose and clientele selection

    • What is the focus of social administration?

  • The development of agency policies and programs
  • The distribution of national resources to social welfare needs
  • The policies, planning, and administration of goods and services in relation to political, social, and economic institutions (correct)
  • The enhancement of social functioning

    • Which of the following is NOT listed as a major area of administrative work and responsibility?

    <p>Negotiating contracts with service providers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a major area of administrative work and responsibility?

    <p>Keeping complete and accurate records of agency operations and making regular reports</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a major area of administrative work and responsibility?

    <p>Planning and conducting research on a regular basis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Peter Drucker outline as the basic requirements for a social welfare agency to come into being?

    <p>Several people see an unmet need, want to meet that need, get community permission to meet that need, and accept legal responsibility for seeing that the resources secured, or made available, are used for the specific purpose for which they were given rather than for some other purpose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Rosemary C. Sarri and Robert D. Vinter, how should social welfare agencies be viewed?

    <p>As administrative bureaucracies and as social systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in social welfare agencies, according to the passage?

    <p>To guide agency workers in the performance of their tasks to serve particular client groups in accordance with agency goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, how does Walter Friedlander describe social work administration?

    <p>As a secondary method based on the principles and techniques of administration in general, but addressed to the specific social work tasks of defining and solving human problems and satisfying human needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does William Link's systems model suggest about the study of a social agency as a social system?

    <p>The study moves from a small view, i.e., microcosm, to a large view, i.e., macrocosm, of systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Werner Boehm's definition of the profession of social work emphasize?

    <p>The social functioning of individuals and communities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Definition of Social Administration

    • Social administration focuses on policies, planning, and administration of goods and services in relation to political, social, and economic institutions and distribution of national resources to social welfare needs.

    Objectives of Social Welfare Administration

    • The major objective of social welfare administration is to enhance social functioning.
    • Social welfare administration shares a common objective with social work as a profession.

    Areas of Administrative Work and Responsibility

    • Study and analyze the community.
    • Determine agency purpose as basis for clientele selection or people to be served.
    • Provide financial resources, budgeting, and accounting.
    • Develop agency policies, programs, and procedures for implementation of agency purposes.
    • Select and work with agency leadership, professional and nonprofessional staff, boards, committees, and service volunteers.
    • Provide and maintain physical plant, equipment, and supplies.
    • Develop a plan, establish and maintain effective community relations, and interpret programs.
    • Keep complete and accurate records of agency operations and make regular reports.
    • Plan and conduct research on a regular basis.
    • Continuously conduct regular evaluation of program and personnel.

    Concept of Administration

    • Administration is the process of defining and attaining the objectives of the organization through a system of coordination and cooperative effort.

    Formation of a Social Welfare Agency

    • A social welfare agency comes into being when a group of people see an unmet need, want to meet that need, get community permission, and accept legal responsibility for using resources for the specific purpose.

    Nature of Social Welfare Agencies

    • Social welfare agencies are administrative bureaucracies established to attain specific goals.
    • They are social systems that adaptively respond to external and internal pressures and generate informal patterns that may facilitate or hamper goal attainment.

    Social Work Administration

    • Social work administration is based on the principles and techniques of administration in general but addressed to specific social work tasks of defining and solving human problems and satisfying human needs.

    Social Functioning

    • Social functioning is a key concept in social work, focused on enhancing social functioning.

    Systems Approach

    • A system is a purposeful, organized interrelationship of components in which the performance of the whole exceeds the individual outputs of all the parts.
    • A multiple system can be studied from a small view (microcosm) to a large view (macrocosm).

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    Explore different perspectives on social welfare administration with theories from Archie Hanlan and Edward Schwartz. Understand the focus on policies, planning, and distribution of resources to meet social welfare needs.

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