TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE



California State University, Fresno Instructor: Donna Hardina

Fall, 2008 Phone: 278-2307, PHS 145

Email:donnah@csufresno.edu

Web Address:



~donnah

SWRK 246

Social Work Practice with Formal Organizations

|Date |Topic and Reading Assignment |Class Activity |

|Week 1 |1 Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 1 | |

|Week 2 |Using Theories to Conduct Assessments of Program Performance Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & |Film: Start-up |

| |Simpson, Chapter 2 | |

|Week 3 |Values and Ethics Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapters 3 & 11 |Class Exercise on Values and |

| |NASW Code of Ethics. Download from . |Ethics |

| |Kaminski et al. (2000). How do people become empowered? Human Relations, 53 (10). | |

|Week 4 |Working with Boards, Committees, & Task Groups to Empower Staff and Clients Hardina, Middleton,|Class Exercise on Board |

| |Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 5 |Meetings |

| | |Film on Organization Structure|

|Week 5 |Access to Services for Diverse Populations Iglehart & Becerra, Chapter 6 Cohen, M. (1998). |Class Exercise on Access |

| |Perceptions of power in client/worker relationships. Families in Society, 79, (4), 433-442. | |

| |Download from Electronic Reserve: | |

|Week 6 |Program Design Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 6 |Class Exercise on Program |

| | |Design |

|Week 7 |Cultural Competency in Organizations Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 7 NASW |Guest Speaker |

| |Cultural Competency Standards | |

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|Date |Topic and Reading Assignment |Class Activity |

|Week 8 |Budgeting and Financial Management Kettner, Chapters 7-8. Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & |Class Exercise on Budgeting |

| |Simpson, Chapter 12 |ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE |

|Week 10 |Resource Development and Proposal Writing Foundation Center, Proposal writing course. Download|Class Exercise on Proposal |

| |from: , |Writing |

| |Click on Learning Lab and select "Proposal writing course" | |

|Week 11 |Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 8 Tsi, M., Ho, W., & Lam, C. (2005). The use of|Class Exercise on Writing Job |

| |supervisory authority in the Chinese cultural context. Administration in Social Work, 29, |Descriptions |

| |51-65. Download from Electronic Reserve: | |

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|Week 12 |Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 9 |Class Exercise on Personnel |

| |Franze et al (2002). Describing Head Start family service workers. Social Work. Download both |Policies |

| |articles from Electronic Reserve: | |

|Week 13 |Team Building Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 10 |Class Exercise on Work Teams |

|Week 14 |External Relations: Collaboration & Advocating for Social Justice Hardina, Middleton, Montana, |Class Exercise on |

| |& Simpson, Chapter 14 |Collaboration |

|Week 15 |Evaluation Hardina, Middleton, Montana, & Simpson, Chapter 14 Secret, Jordan & Ford (1999). |Class Exercise on |

| |Empowerment evaluation as a social work strategy. Health & Social Work. Download from |Collaboration |

| |Electronic Reserve: | |

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|Exam Week |Course Wrap-up |Assignment #2 Due |

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