Managing Programs and Projects

Social work programs are focused packages of service delivery whose successful management requires social workers to develop competence to conceive, plan, design, implement, manage, assess, and change them. Technical skills presented in this course will teach students to visualize and concretize program planning and development, using appropriate management tools. Technical elements of program design will be augmented with complementary models and skills, especially those dealing with managing for results, such as time deadline, meeting legitimate demands of diverse clients, and adapting to changing environments. The relationship of a particular program to other aspects of the agency's functioning will also be considered.