Identifying and comparing competencies for social work management: a practice driven approach.
The study explicates a competency-based model of contemporary social work management practice and compares this model with frameworks derived from earlier studies. Using a purposive sample of 184 social work managers throughout the country, an exploratory factor analysis yielded twelve sets of competencies required of today's social work manager. A comparison of the present model to earlier management frameworks reveals that substantive changes in the nature, scope, complexity, and priorities assigned to management competencies and skills have transformed the role of the social work manager over the last decade. Implications for social work manager education are reviewed and future research directions are proposed.
Menefee
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School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
Thompson
J J
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D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States; D044465:White People; D016526:Workload