Summary of Structure in Human Service Organization
UNIVERSITY SAINS MALAYSIA
School of Social Sciences
Semester 1, Academic Year 2012 – 2013
SYLLABUS
STU322E - HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
Lecturer: Dr. Nguyen Thi Tung Uyen
Date & time: Wednesday 9:00am – 11am
Location: DKN
Tutorial class: Friday: 8:00am – 9:00am and 9:00am – 10am
Starting: September 28, 2012
Location: SK201
INTRODUCTION
Human service organizations provide assistance toward individuals, families, and communities. Social work profession is usually practiced within these organizations. To prepare students for being future competent social workers, this course provides students with an understanding of human service organisations: its definition, structure, attributes, and functions. Further, the course also provides students certain examples of different human service organizations which they may engage in the future. Selected organizational theories together with some basic skills required in the working with human service organizations such as planning, financing, supervising, coping with changes, among others will be discussed.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the semester, students are expected to 1. Understand the nature, structure, attributes, and functions of human service organizations 2. Identify selected organizational theories which are applicable in organizational analysis in the field of human service 3. Acquire basic skills in planning, budget management, and supervision in the context of human service organization 4. Develop the knowledge of fundraising in human service organization 5. Discover different internal sources of organizational change and work out solutions to cope up with change
ASSIGNMENT AND GRADING 1. Two class assignments 30% 2. Participation in classes 10% 3. Final examination 60%
COURSE CONTENT & SCHEDULE
Week 1 (12/9/2012): Introduction
Week 2&3 (19 & 26/9/2012): Understanding the Human Services Organizations
Week 4 (03/10/2012):
School of Social Sciences
Semester 1, Academic Year 2012 – 2013
SYLLABUS
STU322E - HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
Lecturer: Dr. Nguyen Thi Tung Uyen
Date & time: Wednesday 9:00am – 11am
Location: DKN
Tutorial class: Friday: 8:00am – 9:00am and 9:00am – 10am
Starting: September 28, 2012
Location: SK201
INTRODUCTION
Human service organizations provide assistance toward individuals, families, and communities. Social work profession is usually practiced within these organizations. To prepare students for being future competent social workers, this course provides students with an understanding of human service organisations: its definition, structure, attributes, and functions. Further, the course also provides students certain examples of different human service organizations which they may engage in the future. Selected organizational theories together with some basic skills required in the working with human service organizations such as planning, financing, supervising, coping with changes, among others will be discussed.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the semester, students are expected to 1. Understand the nature, structure, attributes, and functions of human service organizations 2. Identify selected organizational theories which are applicable in organizational analysis in the field of human service 3. Acquire basic skills in planning, budget management, and supervision in the context of human service organization 4. Develop the knowledge of fundraising in human service organization 5. Discover different internal sources of organizational change and work out solutions to cope up with change
ASSIGNMENT AND GRADING 1. Two class assignments 30% 2. Participation in classes 10% 3. Final examination 60%
COURSE CONTENT & SCHEDULE
Week 1 (12/9/2012): Introduction
Week 2&3 (19 & 26/9/2012): Understanding the Human Services Organizations
Week 4 (03/10/2012):
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