The Future of Human Service Organizational & Management Research

This book provides panoramic overviews of critical human service organizational and management practice challenges, as well as new and needed research frontiers. It argues that this research is needed to support new discoveries in social welfare, social work, and related professions.

Bowen McBeath is a Professor in the School of Social Work and Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, USA. Karen Hopkins is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, USA.

Gratitude and Dedication Introduction: Navigating Complex Frontiers: Introduction to the Special Issue on "The Future of Human Service Organizational and Management Research" Chapter 1: Pathways for Promoting Macro Practice in Social Work Education: A Commentary Chapter 2: Implementation Science and Human Service Organizations Research: Opportunities and Challenges for Building on Complementary Strengths Chapter 3: We Could Be Unicorns: Human Services Leaders Moving from Managing Programs to Managing Information Ecosystems Chapter 4: Modest Challenges for the Fields of Human Service Administration and Social Policy Research and Practice Chapter 5: Evaluating Behavioral and Organizational Outcomes of Leadership Development in Human Service Organizations Chapter 6: Human Service Organization-Environment Relationships in Relation to Environmental Justice: Old and New Approaches to Macro Practice and Research Chapter 7: Social Good Science and Practice: A New Framework for Organizational and Managerial Research in Human Service Organizations Chapter 8: How the "What Works" Movement is Failing Human Service Organizations, and What Social Work Can Do to Fix It Chapter 9: De-Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions: Implications for Organizational and Managerial Research Chapter 10: What Can "Big Data" Methods Offer Human Services Research on Organizations and Communities? Chapter 11: Crafting the Future of Macro Practice