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Mandatory Management Training for Newly Hired Child Welfare Supervisors: A Divergence Between Management Research and Training Practice?
Abstract
Little scholarly attention has been directed at verifying whether the
skills and competencies stressed in social welfare management training
programs are consistent with the management literature. In this study,
31 state-sponsored management training programs for newly hired child
welfare supervisors were assessed using Menefee and Thompson's (1994)
12 social work managerial dimensions. Research has suggested
strategic, interpersonal, and technical skills and competencies are
important for successful social welfare management. Most slates,
however, tended to ignore the strategic component in their management
training programs. By discounting this aspect, states not only
overlook the very factors that make social welfare management
challenging, they potentially inhibit the practice effectiveness of
their current supervisors and future managers. (PsycINFO Database
Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
Journal
(2004)
vol28
no2
pages81-97
Categories
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Education and Training
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Staff Development and Training
