Management et travail social

Abstract

Social work has been considered from a professional perspective for a long time. However this activity is currently confronted to major managerial challenges. It becomes more and more complex and its managerial models get closer to the companies'approach of management considering the issues of effectiveness, productivity and quality. It however remains real peculiarities that are related to the nature of social action, stemming from a both public and private origin and to its final goals of social utility in an ethical perspective. Social work has been considered from a professional perspective for a long time. However this activity is currently confronted to major managerial challenges. It becomes more and more complex and its managerial models get closer to the companies'approach of management considering the issues of effectiveness, productivity and quality. It however remains real peculiarities that are related to the nature of social action, stemming from a both public and private origin and to its final goals of social utility in an ethical perspective. ©Lavoisier. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.