Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Administrative Supervision Within an Organizational Context; 2 -- Organizational and Workgroup Culture; 3 -- Value-Based Principles and Laws Guiding Personnel Management; 4 -- Recruiting Effective Employees; 5 -- Screening and Interviewing for Selection; 6 -- Facilitating Groups and Teams; 7 -- Designing and Conducting Worker Performance Appraisals; 8 -- Handling Employee Performance Problems; Appendix A Brief History of Social Work Supervision Concepts; Appendix B -- Answers to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Exercise (for Chapter 3)
Appendix C -- Position Description for a Mental Health Specialist IIAppendix D -- Sample of Core Competencies for Working in a Human Services Agency; Appendix E -- Planning, Leading, and Coaching Professional Meetings; Index; About the Authors; About the Contributors
Summary
A brief and practical guide to the most important aspects of supervisory leadership and personnel management
